CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0136
CAPELLA-1
CAPELLA-1 (NORAD 43791) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 January 2023, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43791
International designator
2018-099AK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Dec 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,514 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
30 kg
Operator
Capella Space
Built by
Capella Space
Bus
Cubesat 12U
Programme
Capella
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthCAPELLA-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Jan 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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