CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0017
STARSHINE 3
STARSHINE 3 (NORAD 26929) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2003, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26929
International designator
2001-043A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Sep 2001Kodiak
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months478 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.0°N to 67.0°SFinal inclination 67.0°
Mass
90 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 67.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.0°N and 67.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsSTARSHINE 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Jan 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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