CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0081
RAFT
RAFT (NORAD 29661) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 May 2007, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29661
International designator
2006-055C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
10 Dec 2006Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 May 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months171 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
USNA
Built by
USNA
Programme
USNA
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 monthsRAFT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2006-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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