CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0170
FIREFLY
FIREFLY (NORAD 39404) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 November 2017, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39404
International designator
2013-064AA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2013Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Nov 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,442 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.5°N to 40.5°SFinal inclination 40.5°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
NSF / GSFC
Built by
HISS
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
GSFC Cube
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
3 years, 11 monthsFIREFLY’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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