CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0217
APOLLO MODEL 3
APOLLO MODEL 3 (NORAD 1088) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 July 1985, after 20 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1088
International designator
1965-009B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Feb 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jul 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 4 months7,449 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.7°N to 31.7°SFinal inclination 31.7°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
MSC
Built by
NAA/Downey
Bus
CM
Programme
Apollo BPS
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 31.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.7°N and 31.7°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 4 monthsAPOLLO MODEL 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jul 1985
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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