CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0771
CAPELLA-4 (WHITNEY)
CAPELLA-4 (WHITNEY) (NORAD 47481) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2023, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47481
International designator
2021-006BW
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months804 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
112 kg
Operator
Capella Space
Built by
Capella Space
Bus
Sequoia
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsCAPELLA-4 (WHITNEY)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2023
21 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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