CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0815
BEAVERCUBE
BEAVERCUBE (NORAD 53768) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 2023, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53768
International designator
1998-067UF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Jul 2022Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months271 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
MIT
Built by
MIT
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
MIT Cube
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
8 monthsBEAVERCUBE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 2023
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-081Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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