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Entry no.
2022-1879

TDO 4 SPACECRAFT

TDO 4 SPACECRAFT (NORAD 48620) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 September 2022, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
48620
International designator
2021-042C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 May 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Sep 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months488 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.1°N to 26.1°SFinal inclination 26.1°
Mass
20 kg
Operator
USSF SMC / USAF Academy
Built by
USSF SMC
Bus
Cubesat 12U
Programme
SMC Cube

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 26.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.1°N and 26.1°S.

Life in orbit

1 year, 4 months

TDO 4 SPACECRAFT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 18 Sep 2022

6 entries
2022-1878SORTIE2022-1880CAPSAT2022-1881COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1882COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1883H-2A DEB2022-1884FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2021-042
2022-1921TDO 3 SPACECRAFTIn orbitSBIRS GEO SV5
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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