CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0588
IRM 1 (AMPTE)
IRM 1 (AMPTE) (NORAD 15200) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 1987, after 3 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15200
International designator
1984-088B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
16 Aug 1984Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 3 months1,209 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
298 kg
Operator
DFVLR
Built by
MPE
Bus
AMPTE-IRM
Programme
DLR Chem
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
3 years, 3 monthsIRM 1 (AMPTE)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 1987
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-088
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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