CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2289
TET-1
TET-1 (NORAD 38710) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 2022, after 10 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38710
International designator
2012-039D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
22 Jul 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 3 months3,774 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
117 kg
Operator
DLR
Built by
AstroFein / Kayser-Threde
Bus
TET-X
Programme
DLR Micro
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 3 monthsTET-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Nov 2022
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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