CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0200
OGO 5
OGO 5 (NORAD 3138) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 July 2011, after 43 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3138
International designator
1968-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Mar 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jul 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
43 years, 3 months15,825 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.0°N to 49.0°SFinal inclination 49.0°
Mass
611 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
TRW
Bus
OGO
Programme
EGO
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 49.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.0°N and 49.0°S.
Life in orbit
43 years, 3 monthsOGO 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jul 2011
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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