CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0093
OPS 8386
OPS 8386 (NORAD 1377) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 2012, after 46 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1377
International designator
1965-038A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 May 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
46 years, 9 months17,095 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.0°N to 82.0°SFinal inclination 98.0°
Mass
72 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
RCA/East Windsor
Bus
P35
Programme
DAPP3
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 98.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.0°N and 82.0°S.
Life in orbit
46 years, 9 monthsOPS 8386’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Mar 2012
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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