CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1662
AEROCUBE 7B
AEROCUBE 7B (NORAD 43042) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 August 2022, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43042
International designator
2017-071F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Nov 2017Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Aug 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,728 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
AERO
Built by
AERO
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
Aerocube
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 monthsAEROCUBE 7B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Aug 2022
1 entryFrom the same launch
2017-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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