CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1672
ORCA-8
ORCA-8 (NORAD 45126) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 August 2022, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45126
International designator
2019-071R
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Nov 2019Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Aug 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,010 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
DARPA / Hypergiant Gal.
Built by
Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
ORCA
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
2 years, 9 monthsORCA-8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Aug 2022
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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