CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0709
USA 322
USA 322 (NORAD 51078) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 2023 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51078
International designator
2022-002CY
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 2023Recorded time 03:20 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months444 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
NRO
Built by
SPXS?
Bus
Starlink?
Programme
NRO Star P
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 40.0°S, 77.0°W at 03:20 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsUSA 322’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Apr 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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