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Entry no.
2022-1695

AEROCUBE 7C

AEROCUBE 7C (NORAD 43043) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 August 2022, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43043
International designator
2017-071G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Nov 2017Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Aug 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,734 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 allowed
Exact 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, 9 months

AEROCUBE 7C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 12 Aug 2022

4 entries
2022-1696CZ-2D DEB2022-1697COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1698COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1699COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2017-071
2017-0183ANTARES R/B2017-0196CYGNUS 0A-82018-0098TECHEDSAT 62021-0449ECAMSAT2022-0009CHEFSAT2022-0167LEMUR 2 YONGLIN2022-0281LEMUR 2 BRIANDAVIE2022-0299LEMUR 2 ROCKETJONAH2022-0314LEMUR 2 MCCULLAGH2022-0347ISARA2022-0401LEMUR 2 ROMACOSTE2022-0450LEMUR 2 LIU-POU-CHUN
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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