CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0853
AEROCUBE 5A
AEROCUBE 5A (NORAD 39465) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2023, after 9 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39465
International designator
2013-072D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 4 months3,421 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.6°N to 59.6°SFinal inclination 120.4°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
AERO
Built by
AERO
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
Aerocube
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 120.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.6°N and 59.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 4 monthsAEROCUBE 5A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Apr 2023
23 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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