CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0285
ATLAS F R/B
ATLAS F R/B (NORAD 10801) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 2012, after 34 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10801
International designator
1978-020B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
22 Feb 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
34 years, 5 months12,589 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
1,197 kg
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
34 years, 5 monthsATLAS F R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Aug 2012
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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