CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0108
DART
DART (NORAD 28642) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2016, after 11 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28642
International designator
2005-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Apr 2005Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years4,040 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.5°N to 83.5°SFinal inclination 96.5°
Mass
350 kg
Operator
NASA MSFC
Built by
OSCC?
Bus
HAPS
Programme
DART
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 96.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.5°N and 83.5°S.
Life in orbit
11 yearsDART’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2005-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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