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Entry no.
2022-2278

PATCOOL

PATCOOL (NORAD 51442) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 November 2022, after 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
51442
International designator
1998-067TE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Dec 2021Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months332 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
KSC / UFla
Built by
UFla / KSC
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
KSC 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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

10 months

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

Also ended on 18 Nov 2022

10 entries
2022-2272SPACEBEE-372022-2273SPACEBEE-382022-2280IHI-SAT2022-2270SL-16 DEB2022-2271FENGYUN 1C DEB2022-2274COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-2275COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-2276COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-2277COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-2279COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2021-127
2022-0145DRAGON CRS-242022-1222GASPACS2022-1401GT-12022-1447DAILI2023-0102LIGHT-1
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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