CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0255
DRAGRACER 1(ALCHEMY)
DRAGRACER 1(ALCHEMY) (NORAD 46954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 July 2021, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46954
International designator
2020-085AB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jul 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months241 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
12 kg
Operator
TriSept
Built by
Millenium ES
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
TUI
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsDRAGRACER 1(ALCHEMY)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jul 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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