CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0272
CHAMP
CHAMP (NORAD 26405) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 2010, after 10 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26405
International designator
2000-039B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
15 Jul 2000Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 2 months3,718 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
87.2°N to 87.2°SFinal inclination 87.2°
Mass
522 kg
Operator
GFZ
Built by
Jena / Astrium-Frh.
Bus
Flexbus
Programme
DLR Geo
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 87.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 87.2°N and 87.2°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 2 monthsCHAMP’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Sep 2010
1 entryFrom the same launch
2000-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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