CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0489
ATLAS AGENA D R/B
ATLAS AGENA D R/B (NORAD 2978) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 1981, after 15 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2978
International designator
1966-049B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jun 1966Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 3 months5,593 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
600 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
15 years, 3 monthsAlso ended on 29 Sep 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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