CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2202
DHFR
DARPA High Freq. Receiver
DHFR (NORAD 42922) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 November 2022, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
42922
International designator
2017-050B
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
MINOTAUR DEBListed as a fragment
Country
United States
Launched
26 Aug 2017Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,901 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.5°N to 24.5°SFinal inclination 24.5°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
DARPA
Built by
USU SDL
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
DARPA Tech
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 24.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.5°N and 24.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsDHFR’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Nov 2022
17 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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