CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0158
Prometheus 2.4
Prometheus 2.4 (NORAD 42924) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2017, after 1 month in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
42924
International designator
2017-050D
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
MINOTAUR DEBListed as a fragment
Country
United States
Launched
26 Aug 2017Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month37 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.7°N to 24.7°SFinal inclination 24.7°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
SOCOM
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 24.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.7°N and 24.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthPrometheus 2.4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2017-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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