CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0043
EXPLORER 32 (AE-B)
EXPLORER 32 (AE-B) (NORAD 2183) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 February 1985, after 18 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2183
International designator
1966-044A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 May 1966Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Feb 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 8 months6,848 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°
Mass
224 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
GSFC
Bus
S-6
Programme
Explorer AE
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 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 8 monthsEXPLORER 32 (AE-B)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Feb 1985
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1966-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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