CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0325
LCS 2
LCS 2 (NORAD 1640) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 August 1982, after 16 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
1640
International designator
1965-082B
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEBListed as a fragment
Country
United States
Launched
15 Oct 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Aug 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 10 months6,158 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.1°N to 32.1°SFinal inclination 32.1°
Mass
34 kg
Operator
USAF SSD / MIT-LL
Built by
Rohr
Bus
LCS
Programme
LCS
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 32.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.1°N and 32.1°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 10 monthsLCS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Aug 1982
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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