CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0509
CIRIS
CIRIS (NORAD 45121) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 2023, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45121
International designator
2019-071L
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Nov 2019Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,228 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
USU SDL
Built by
USU SDL
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
USU
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsCIRIS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with CIRIS
23 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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