CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0044
COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA (NORAD 42702) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 March 2018, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42702
International designator
1998-067LK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Apr 2017Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Mar 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months323 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
U. Turabo / QBUS
Built by
U. Turabo
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Turabo
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsCOLUMBIA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2017-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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