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Entry no.
2011-0007

QBX1

QBX1 (NORAD 37249) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 2011, after 29 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
37249
International designator
2010-066F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
8 Dec 2010Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
29 days29 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.5°N to 34.5°SFinal inclination 34.5°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
NRO / NRL
Built by
Pumpkin / NRL
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
NRL Cube

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

29 days

QBX1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Jan 2011

2 entries

From the same launch

2010-066
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