CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0152
SURFSAT
SURFSAT (NORAD 43614) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 2023, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43614
International designator
2018-070B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Sep 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,595 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
87.0°N to 87.0°SFinal inclination 93.0°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
UC Central Fla
Built by
UC Central Fla
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
UCF
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 93.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 87.0°N and 87.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 4 monthsSURFSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jan 2023
18 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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