CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0162
TACSAT 3
TACSAT 3 (NORAD 35001) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 April 2012, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
35001
International designator
2009-028A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 May 2009Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Apr 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,077 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.4°N to 40.4°SFinal inclination 40.4°
Mass
400 kg
Operator
AFRL/RV
Built by
ATK Space
Bus
ATK-A200
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 40.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.4°N and 40.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsTACSAT 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2009-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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