CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0180
TINTIN A
TINTIN A (NORAD 43216) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 August 2020, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43216
International designator
2018-020B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
22 Feb 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Aug 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months919 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, 6 monthsTINTIN A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Aug 2020
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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