CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1994-0067
TIROS 7
TIROS 7 (NORAD 604) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 June 1994, after 30 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
604
International designator
1963-024A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Jun 1963Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jun 1994UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
30 years, 11 months11,307 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
58.2°N to 58.2°SFinal inclination 58.2°
Mass
135 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
RCA/East Windsor
Bus
Tiros
Programme
Tiros E
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 58.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 58.2°N and 58.2°S.
Life in orbit
30 years, 11 monthsTIROS 7’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1963-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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