CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1635
FAUNA
FAUNA (NORAD 43052) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 July 2022, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43052
International designator
2017-071R
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Nov 2017Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,721 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
USN PGS
Built by
Tyvak NSS
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
NPS
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 years, 8 monthsFAUNA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jul 2022
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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