CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1475
CYGNUS NG-17
CYGNUS NG-17 (NORAD 51712) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 29 June 2022, after 4 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
51712
International designator
2022-015A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Feb 2022Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months130 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,326 kg
Operator
NG
Built by
NGIS SSG
Bus
EPCM
Programme
Cygnus
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
4 monthsCYGNUS NG-17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Jun 2022
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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