CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0256
DOVE PIONEER
DOVE PIONEER (NORAD 43163) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 September 2019, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43163
International designator
2018-010A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Jan 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months609 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Built by
Planet Labs
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Flock Dove
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
1 year, 8 monthsDOVE PIONEER’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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