CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0166
TINTIN B
TINTIN B (NORAD 43217) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 August 2020, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43217
International designator
2018-020C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
22 Feb 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Aug 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months898 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
350 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
SpXMicro
Programme
Starlink 0
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsTINTIN B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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