CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0300
CP6
CP6 (NORAD 35003) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 October 2011, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
35003
International designator
2009-028C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 May 2009Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Oct 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months870 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.4°N to 40.4°SFinal inclination 40.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Cal Poly
Built by
Cal Poly
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
CP
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 40.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.4°N and 40.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsCP6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Oct 2011
1 entryFrom the same launch
2009-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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