CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1381
ACRUX 1
ACRUX 1 (NORAD 44369) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 June 2022, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44369
International designator
2019-037E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
29 Jun 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jun 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,084 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
U Melb.
Built by
U Melb.
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
MSP
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 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsACRUX 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jun 2022
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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