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Entry no.
2022-1394

DESCENT

DESCENT (NORAD 46927) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 June 2022, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46927
International designator
1998-067RX
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
3 Oct 2020Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jun 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months624 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
YorkU
Built by
YorkU
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
YorkU

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

1 year, 8 months

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

Also ended on 19 Jun 2022

8 entries
2022-1401GT-12022-1393FREGAT DEB2022-1395NOAA 17 DEB2022-1396COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1397COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1398COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1399COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1400COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2020-069
2020-0264ANTARES R/B2021-0029CYGNUS NG-142021-0492LEMUR 2 BAXTER-OLIVER2021-0536SATLLA-12022-0017LEMUR 2 DJARA2022-0793BOBCAT-12022-1436SPOC2022-1437NEUTRON-1
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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