CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0044
OPS 7310
OPS 7310 (NORAD 10993) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 2001, after 22 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10993
International designator
1978-075A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Aug 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 6 months8,223 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
800 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
Hughes
Bus
SDS
Programme
SDS
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
22 years, 6 monthsAlso ended on 8 Feb 2001
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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