CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0044
QUICKBIRD 2
QUICKBIRD 2 (NORAD 26953) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 2015, after 13 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26953
International designator
2001-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 2001Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 3 months4,849 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
1,028 kg
Operator
EarthWatch
Built by
Ball
Bus
BCP-2000
Programme
QuickBird
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 3 monthsQUICKBIRD 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jan 2015
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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