CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0255
LAMBDASAT
LAMBDASAT (NORAD 40458) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 2015, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40458
International designator
1998-067GB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jul 2014Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months307 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Lambda Team
Built by
Lambda Team
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Lambda Team
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsLAMBDASAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2014-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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