CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0028
TACSAT 2
TACSAT 2 (NORAD 29653) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 2011, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29653
International designator
2006-058A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 2006Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,512 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.0°N to 40.0°SFinal inclination 40.0°
Mass
370 kg
Operator
AFRL/RV
Built by
MicrosatSystems
Bus
SN-200
Programme
ORS Tacsat
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 40.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.0°N and 40.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthTACSAT 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Feb 2011
1 entryFrom the same launch
2006-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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