CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0072
AEROCUBE 4
AEROCUBE 4 (NORAD 38769) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 2021, after 8 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38769
International designator
2012-048M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Sep 2012Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 5 months3,092 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
AERO
Built by
AERO
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Aerocube
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 5 monthsAEROCUBE 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Mar 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2012-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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