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Entry no.
2010-0385

PERSEUS 001

PERSEUS 001 (NORAD 37248) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 2010, after 23 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
37248
International designator
2010-066E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
8 Dec 2010Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 days23 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.5°N to 34.5°SFinal inclination 34.5°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
SOCOM / LANL
Built by
LANL
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
Prometheus

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 34.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.5°N and 34.5°S.

Life in orbit

23 days

PERSEUS 001’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 31 Dec 2010

1 entry
2010-0384PERSEUS 003

From the same launch

2010-066
2010-0364DRAGON C12010-0376MAYFLOWER2010-0382PERSEUS 0022010-0383PERSEUS 0002010-0384PERSEUS 0032011-0007QBX12011-0013SMDC ONE2011-0018QBX2
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