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Entry no.
2022-0521

SOAR

SOAR (NORAD 48851) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 2022, after 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
48851
International designator
1998-067SM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
3 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months284 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
U Man
Built by
U Man
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
ManU

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

9 months

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

Also ended on 14 Mar 2022

15 entries
2022-0517COSMOS 2251 DEB2022-0518DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2022-0519YUNHAI 1-02 DEB2022-0520YUNHAI 1-02 DEB2022-0522COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0523COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0524COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0525COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0526COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0527COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0528COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0529COSMOS 1408 DEB+3 more

From the same launch

2021-048
2021-0248DRAGON CRS-222022-0908MIR-SAT 12022-1861BD-282022-2022RAMSAT
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