CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0027
ODERACS 2A
ODERACS 2A (NORAD 23471) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 1996, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23471
International designator
1995-004C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Feb 1995Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month404 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthODERACS 2A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1995-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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