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Entry no.
2022-1874

ELFIN A

ELFIN A (NORAD 43617) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 2022, after 4 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43617
International designator
2018-070E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Sep 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years1,463 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
87.0°N to 87.0°SFinal inclination 93.0°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
UCLA
Built by
UCLA
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
UCLA

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 93.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 87.0°N and 87.0°S.

Life in orbit

4 years

ELFIN A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 17 Sep 2022

4 entries
2022-1875STARLINK-19522022-1873COSMOS 2251 DEB2022-1876COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1877FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2018-070
2022-1951ELFIN B2023-0152SURFSAT2023-0299CP-7 DAVEIn orbitICESAT-2
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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