CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0209
OSCAR 13
OSCAR 13 (NORAD 19216) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 1996, after 8 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19216
International designator
1988-051B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Jun 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 5 months3,096 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.9°N to 56.9°SFinal inclination 56.9°
Mass
142 kg
Operator
AMSAT-D
Built by
AMSAT-D
Bus
AMSAT Phase 3
Programme
AMSAT P3
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 56.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.9°N and 56.9°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 5 monthsOSCAR 13’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1988-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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