CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0310
OFEQ 3
OFEQ 3 (NORAD 23549) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 October 2000, after 5 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23549
International designator
1995-018A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Israel
Launched
5 Apr 1995Palmachim
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Oct 2000UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 24 Oct 2000
Time in orbit
5 years, 6 months2,030 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
36.7°N to 36.7°SFinal inclination 143.3°
Mass
225 kg
Operator
DDRD / Yachiyd 9900
Built by
IAI
Bus
'Ofeq
Programme
Ofeq
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 143.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 36.7°N and 36.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 6 monthsOFEQ 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Oct 2000
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1995-018
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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