CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1938
OGO 5 DEB
OGO 5 DEB (NORAD 38549) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38549
International designator
1968-014C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Mar 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
55 years, 8 months20,358 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.7°N to 48.7°SFinal inclination 48.7°
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 48.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.7°N and 48.7°S.
Life in orbit
OGO 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Nov 2023
16 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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