CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0238
STARSHINE 2
STARSHINE 2 (NORAD 26996) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 April 2002, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26996
International designator
2001-054B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Dec 2001Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months142 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
39 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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSTARSHINE 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Apr 2002
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2001-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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