CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0274
SSTI LEWIS
SSTI LEWIS (NORAD 24909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September 1997, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24909
International designator
1997-044A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
23 Aug 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Sep 1997Recorded time 11:29 UTC
Time in orbit
1 month36 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
403 kg
Operator
TRW / NASA
Built by
TRW(C)
Bus
LEOStar T-200
Programme
SSTI
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSSTI LEWIS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Sep 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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