CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0237
ICESAT
ICESAT (NORAD 27642) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 August 2010, after 7 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27642
International designator
2003-002A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jan 2003Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Aug 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 7 months2,786 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.0°N to 86.0°SFinal inclination 94.0°
Mass
959 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
Ball
Bus
BCP-2000
Programme
EOS
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 94.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.0°N and 86.0°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 7 monthsICESAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Aug 2010
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2003-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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