CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0454
PROMETHEUS 1-3
PROMETHEUS 1-3 (NORAD 39408) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2015, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39408
International designator
2013-064AE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2013Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years748 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.5°N to 40.5°SFinal inclination 40.5°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
SOCOM / LANL
Built by
LANL
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
Prometheus
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
2 yearsPROMETHEUS 1-3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 2015
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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