CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1937
VPM
VPM (NORAD 45120) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 2022, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45120
International designator
2019-071K
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Nov 2019Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,062 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
AFRL/RV
Built by
AFRL/RV
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
AFRL Cube
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, 10 monthsVPM’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Sep 2022
17 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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