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Entry no.
2022-1951

ELFIN B

ELFIN B (NORAD 43616) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 2022, after 4 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43616
International designator
2018-070D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Sep 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years1,476 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 B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 30 Sep 2022

5 entries
2022-1952BINAR-12022-1953COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1954COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1955COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1956FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2018-070
2022-1874ELFIN A2023-0152SURFSAT2023-0299CP-7 DAVEIn orbitICESAT-2
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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