CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0120
FALCONSAT 3
FALCONSAT 3 (NORAD 30776) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2023, after 15 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
30776
International designator
2007-006E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Mar 2007Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 10 months5,797 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.4°N to 35.4°SFinal inclination 35.4°
Mass
46 kg
Operator
USAF SMC
Built by
USAF Academy / SpaceQuest
Bus
Falconsat
Programme
STP2
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 35.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.4°N and 35.4°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 10 monthsFALCONSAT 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Jan 2023
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2007-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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