CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0330
EXPLORER 14 (SERB 53A)
EXPLORER 14 (SERB 53A) (NORAD 432) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 May 1988, after 25 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
432
International designator
1962-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Oct 1962Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 May 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 years, 7 months9,370 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
40 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
Raymond EL
Bus
EPE
Programme
Explorer EPE
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
25 years, 7 monthsAlso ended on 28 May 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1962-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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