Re-entered 1970-12-18Debris

OFO 1 DEB

NORAD: 4693
COSPAR: 1970-094C

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Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1970-12-18
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1970-12-18

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Langley Research Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S04693, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1970-11-09
Rocket: Scout B
Flight: OFO
Mission name: OFO
Launch site: NASA Wallops Station, LA3A
Launched by: NASA Langley Research Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1970-094

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1970-094, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1970-11-09
Re-entered: 1970-12-18
Period: 89.3 min
Inclination: 37.38°
Apogee: 278 km
Perigee: 197 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 0 still in orbit