CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1994-0138
ODERACS A
ODERACS A (NORAD 22990) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 1994, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22990
International designator
1994-006B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Feb 1994Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 1994UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months241 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
57.0°N to 57.0°SFinal inclination 57.0°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
NASA JSC
Built by
NASA JSC
Bus
ODERACS
Programme
ODERACS
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 57.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 57.0°N and 57.0°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsODERACS A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 1994
1 entryFrom the same launch
1994-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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