CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0156
PAMS STU
PAMS STU (NORAD 23876) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 October 1996, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23876
International designator
1996-032D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 May 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Oct 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months160 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
39.0°N to 39.0°SFinal inclination 39.0°
Mass
49 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
GSFC?
Bus
STU
Programme
PAMS
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 39.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 39.0°N and 39.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsPAMS STU’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Oct 1996
1 entryFrom the same launch
1996-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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