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Entry no.
2022-0060

ORCA-1

ORCA-1 (NORAD 44418) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 2022, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.

Official dateDate disputed
NORAD number
44418
International designator
2019-022H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Apr 2019Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 14 Jan 2023The records disagree on this date
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months1,003 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
DARPA / Hypergiant Gal.
Built by
Hypergiant Gal. / Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
ORCA

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

2 years, 8 months

ORCA-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 14 Jan 2022

6 entries
2022-0057FLOCK 3P 572022-0058FLOCK 2K 332022-0059FLOCK 3R 122022-0056FENGYUN 1C DEB2022-0061COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0062COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2019-022
2019-0112ANTARES R/B2019-0317CYGNUS NG-112020-0030AC 10A PROBE (VENTURINI)2020-0165AC 10A PROBE (GANGESTAD)2020-0278AC 10A PROBE (FULLER)2021-0045AC 10A PROBE (GOLF)2021-0090SWIATOWID2021-0120IOD-1_GEMS2021-0174VCC C2021-0247AC 10A PROBE (JACKIE)2021-0278ENTRYSAT2021-0340RAAVANA 1
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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