CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0326
BLACK KNIGHT
BLACK KNIGHT (NORAD 39398) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 2015, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39398
International designator
2013-064U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2013Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months603 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.5°N to 40.5°SFinal inclination 40.5°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
USMA
Built by
USMA
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
USMA
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 40.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.5°N and 40.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 7 monthsBLACK KNIGHT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2013-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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