CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0060
SOMP 2
SOMP 2 (NORAD 42701) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 March 2019, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42701
International designator
1998-067LJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
18 Apr 2017Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Mar 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months700 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
TU Dresden
Built by
TU Dresden
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
TUD
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
1 year, 11 monthsSOMP 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Mar 2019
1 entryFrom the same launch
2017-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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