CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0181
DRAGONSAT
DRAGONSAT (NORAD 39383) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2016, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39383
International designator
2013-064D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2013Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,015 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.4°N to 40.4°SFinal inclination 40.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Drexel / USNA
Built by
Drexel / USNA
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Drexel
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 40.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.4°N and 40.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 9 monthsDRAGONSAT’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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