CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0888
OE (NEXTSAT)
OE (NEXTSAT) (NORAD 30774) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 2023 over Asia, after 16 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
30774
International designator
2007-006C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Mar 2007Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 2023Recorded time 17:29 UTC
Time in orbit
16 years, 1 month5,887 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.0°N to 46.0°SFinal inclination 46.0°
Mass
224 kg
Operator
DARPA
Built by
Ball
Bus
BCP-300
Programme
STP2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 15.0°N, 104.0°E at 17:29 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 46.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.0°N and 46.0°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 1 monthOE (NEXTSAT)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Apr 2023
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2007-006Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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