CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0192
EXOSAT
EXOSAT (NORAD 14095) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1986, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14095
International designator
1983-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
26 May 1983Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,076 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
75.1°N to 75.1°SFinal inclination 75.1°
Mass
510 kg
Operator
ESA
Built by
MBB / COSMOS
Bus
Exosat
Programme
ESA Ast
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 75.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 75.1°N and 75.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsEXOSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 May 1986
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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