CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0535
GLOMR
GLOMR (NORAD 16231) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 1986, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16231
International designator
1985-104B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Oct 1985Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month422 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
57.0°N to 57.0°SFinal inclination 57.0°
Mass
68 kg
Operator
DARPA / NESC
Built by
DSI
Bus
GLOMR
Programme
DARPA Light
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 57.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 57.0°N and 57.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthGLOMR’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Dec 1986
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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