CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0024
MEPSI
MEPSI (NORAD 27562) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 2003, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27562
International designator
2002-052B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Nov 2002Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months68 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
USAF SMC
Built by
AERO
Programme
MEPSI
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
2 monthsMEPSI’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2002-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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