CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2404
ODYSSEY
ODYSSEY (NORAD 48844) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 2022, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48844
International designator
2021-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jun 2021Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months553 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
250 kg
Operator
USSF SMC
Built by
NGISD?
Bus
Leostar-2?
Programme
Safari
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
1 year, 6 monthsODYSSEY’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2021-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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