CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0430
GEARRS-1
GEARRS-1 (NORAD 40456) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 2015, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40456
International designator
1998-067FZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jul 2014Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 2015UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 7 Nov 2015
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months483 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
NearSpaceLaunch
Built by
NearSpaceLaunch
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
NSL
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
1 year, 3 monthsGEARRS-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 2015
1 entryFrom the same launch
2014-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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