CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0055
OPS 1967
OPS 1967 (NORAD 2780) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 1993, after 25 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2780
International designator
1967-043B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 May 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 years, 10 months9,441 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.9°N to 84.9°SFinal inclination 84.9°
Mass
92 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / EDL-Sylvania
Bus
P-11 ML
Programme
EHH B
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 84.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.9°N and 84.9°S.
Life in orbit
25 years, 10 monthsOPS 1967’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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