CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1346
PHOENIX
PHOENIX (NORAD 45258) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 June 2022, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45258
International designator
1998-067RB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Nov 2019Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jun 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months953 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Arizona SU
Built by
Arizona SU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
ASU
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
2 years, 7 monthsPHOENIX’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jun 2022
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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