CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0454
MIGHTYSAT 2
MIGHTYSAT 2 (NORAD 26414) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 2002, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26414
International designator
2000-042A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Jul 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 2002Recorded time 00:55 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months846 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
125 kg
Operator
AFRL/RV / USAF STP
Built by
Spectrum Astro
Bus
SA-200B
Programme
STP1
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsMIGHTYSAT 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Nov 2002
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2000-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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