CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0400
ATLAS R/B
ATLAS R/B (NORAD 11279) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 October 1983, after 4 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11279
International designator
1979-017B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Oct 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 7 months1,690 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
140 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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 7 monthsATLAS R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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