CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0179
TELSTAR 402
TELSTAR 402 (NORAD 23249) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 2004, after 10 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23249
International designator
1994-058A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Sep 1994Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 2004UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 13 Nov 2004
Time in orbit
10 years, 2 months3,719 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.1°N to 7.1°SFinal inclination 7.1°
Mass
3,331 kg
Operator
AT&T Skynet
Built by
MM/East Windsor
Bus
AS7000
Programme
Telstar
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 7.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.1°N and 7.1°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 2 monthsTELSTAR 402’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 2004
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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