CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0073
KICKSAT 2
KICKSAT 2 (NORAD 44046) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 2019, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44046
International designator
2018-092G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Nov 2018Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months136 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
ARC
Built by
Cornell / ARC
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Ames
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
4 monthsKICKSAT 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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