CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0217
TEMPEST-D
TEMPEST-D (NORAD 43547) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 June 2021, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43547
International designator
1998-067NV
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 May 2018Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jun 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
11 kg
Operator
CSU / JPL
Built by
Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Colo State
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
3 years, 1 monthTEMPEST-D’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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