CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0151
GALAXY 3 R/B(PAM-D)
GALAXY 3 R/B(PAM-D) (NORAD 15310) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 June 1985, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15310
International designator
1984-101C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
21 Sep 1984Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jun 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months264 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.3°N to 23.3°SFinal inclination 23.3°
Mass
2,141 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 23.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.3°N and 23.3°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsGALAXY 3 R/B(PAM-D)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jun 1985
1 entryFrom the same launch
1984-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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