CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1616
SIMPL
SIMPL (NORAD 42983) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 26 July 2022, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42983
International designator
1998-067NF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 2015Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,424 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
NovaWurks
Built by
NovaWurks
Bus
SIMPL
Programme
Satlet
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
6 years, 7 monthsSIMPL’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Jul 2022
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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