CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0238
GALAXY 1 R/B(PAM-D)
GALAXY 1 R/B(PAM-D) (NORAD 14168) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 1999, after 16 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14168
International designator
1983-065C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
28 Jun 1983Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1999UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 17 Jul 1999
Time in orbit
16 years5,862 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.0°N to 23.0°SFinal inclination 23.0°
Mass
2,141 kg
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 23.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.0°N and 23.0°S.
Life in orbit
16 yearsGALAXY 1 R/B(PAM-D)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1983-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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