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Entry no.
2025-1638

SURCAL 150B

SURCAL 150B (NORAD 2909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 October 2025, after 58 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
2909
International designator
1967-053J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 May 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
58 years, 4 months21,324 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
NRL
Built by
NRL
Bus
Surcal?
Programme
SURCAL

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 69.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.9°N and 69.9°S.

Life in orbit

58 years, 4 months

SURCAL 150B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 17 Oct 2025

3 entries
2025-1639ICEYE-X202025-1640STARLINK-42102025-1641CZ-6A DEB

From the same launch

1967-053
In orbitNRL PL160In orbitPOPPY 5 BravoIn orbitPOPPY 5 DeltaIn orbitTimation 1In orbitNRL PL159In orbitPOPPY 5 Alfa
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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