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Entry no.
2023-0505

TYVAK 53B

TYVAK 53B (NORAD 42795) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 2023, after 5 years, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
42795
International designator
2017-036AG
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 8 months2,090 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
PacSciEMC
Built by
Tyvak NSS
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
PacSci

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.

Life in orbit

5 years, 8 months

TYVAK 53B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with TYVAK 53B

23 entries

From the same launch

2017-036
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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