CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0052
LDEF
LDEF (NORAD 14898) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 20 January 1990, after 5 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14898
International designator
1984-034B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Apr 1984Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 9 months2,115 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
28.5°N to 28.5°SFinal inclination 28.5°
Mass
9,705 kg
Operator
NASA LaRC
Built by
NASA LaRC
Bus
LDEF
Programme
LDEF
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 28.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.5°N and 28.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 9 monthsLDEF’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Jan 1990
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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