CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0058
HUMANITY STAR
HUMANITY STAR (NORAD 43168) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 March 2018, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43168
International designator
2018-010F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
New Zealand
Launched
21 Jan 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Mar 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months60 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
Built by
Rocket Lab
Bus
Beck Star
Programme
Beck Star
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsHUMANITY STAR’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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