CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0408
SAMPEX
SAMPEX (NORAD 22012) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 2012, after 20 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22012
International designator
1992-038A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Jul 1992Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 4 months7,438 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 81.6°
Mass
158 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
GSFC
Bus
SMEX
Programme
SMEX
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 81.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 4 monthsSAMPEX’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Nov 2012
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1992-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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