CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0518
ATLAS F R/B
ATLAS F R/B (NORAD 7370) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 November 1980, after 6 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7370
International designator
1974-054B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jul 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Nov 1980Recorded time 01:20 UTC
Time in orbit
6 years, 4 months2,327 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
55.0°N to 55.0°SFinal inclination 125.0°
Mass
1,196 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 125.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 55.0°N and 55.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 4 monthsATLAS F R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Nov 1980
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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