CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0136
INFLATESAIL
INFLATESAIL (NORAD 42770) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 September 2017, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42770
International designator
2017-036F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Sep 2017Recorded time 01:27 UTC
Time in orbit
2 months72 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Surrey Space Ctr
Built by
Surrey Space Ctr
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
SSTL
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsINFLATESAIL’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Sep 2017
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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