CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2283
LIGHTSAIL
LIGHTSAIL (NORAD 44420) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 November 2022 over Africa, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44420
International designator
2019-036AC
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Jun 2019Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Nov 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 17 Nov 2022
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,243 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.0°N to 24.0°SFinal inclination 24.0°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
PlanSoc
Built by
Stellar Exp.
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
TPS
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 20.0°N, 5.0°W. Its final orbit, inclined at 24.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.0°N and 24.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsLIGHTSAIL’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Nov 2022
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-0362019-0220OCULUS-ASR SPHERE 12020-0028TEPCE2020-0274GPIM2021-0060TBEX-B2021-0082TBEX-A2021-0233FALCONSAT-72021-0265OBJECT Z2021-0383CP-9 LEO2021-0399OBJECT Y2022-0282PROMETHEUS 2-62022-0933BRICSAT 22022-1751ARMADILLOIn orbitProx-1In orbitNPSAT-1In orbitOrbital Test BedIn orbitCOSMIC-2 FM3In orbitDSXIn orbitCOSMIC-2 FM1
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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