CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0134
RME (USA 52)
RME (USA 52) (NORAD 20497) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 May 1992, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20497
International designator
1990-015B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
14 Feb 1990Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 May 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months830 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.1°N to 43.1°SFinal inclination 43.1°
Mass
1,000 kg
Operator
SDIO
Built by
Ball
Bus
RME
Programme
SDIO Delta
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 43.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.1°N and 43.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsRME (USA 52)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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