CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0899
CYGNUS NG-18
CYGNUS NG-18 (NORAD 54232) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 22 April 2023, after 5 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
54232
International designator
2022-149A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Nov 2022Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months166 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
Mass
2,326 kg
Operator
NG
Built by
NGIS SSG
Bus
EPCM
Programme
Cygnus
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsCYGNUS NG-18’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Apr 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2022-149
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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