CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0295
SNOE
SNOE (NORAD 25233) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 December 2003, after 5 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25233
International designator
1998-012A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
26 Feb 1998Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Dec 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 9 months2,116 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
120 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
Colorado
Bus
SNOE
Programme
UNEX
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 9 monthsSNOE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1998-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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