CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0028
TSS-1R
TSS-1R (NORAD 23805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 March 1996, after 26 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23805
International designator
1996-012B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
22 Feb 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Mar 1996UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 20 Mar 1996
Time in orbit
26 days26 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.5°N to 28.5°SFinal inclination 28.5°
Mass
674 kg
Operator
ASI
Built by
Alenia Spazio
Bus
TSS
Programme
TSS
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 28.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.5°N and 28.5°S.
Life in orbit
26 daysTSS-1R’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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