CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0068
DRAGONSAT
DRAGONSAT (NORAD 35690) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 2010, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
35690
International designator
2009-038B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Jul 2009Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months245 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Texas A&M
Built by
Texas A&M
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
TAMU
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
8 monthsDRAGONSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2009-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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