CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0016
FLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE
FLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE (NORAD 28896) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 25 February 2006, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28896
International designator
2000-078B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
1 Dec 2000Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,912 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
23 kg
Operator
NASA JSC
Built by
DNE / Boeing/HSV
Programme
ISS Cpt
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
5 years, 2 monthsFLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2000-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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