CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0042
STARSHINE
STARSHINE (NORAD 25769) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 February 2000, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25769
International designator
1999-030B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
27 May 1999Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Feb 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months267 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.3°N to 51.3°SFinal inclination 51.3°
Mass
40 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
NRL
Bus
Starshine
Programme
Starshine
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 51.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.3°N and 51.3°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsSTARSHINE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Feb 2000
1 entryFrom the same launch
1999-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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