CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0951
PROMETHEUS 2-8
PROMETHEUS 2-8 (NORAD 47345) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 April 2023, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47345
International designator
2021-002N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Jan 2021Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months830 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
60.6°N to 60.6°SFinal inclination 60.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
SOCOM
Built by
LANL
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
Prometheus
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 60.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 60.6°N and 60.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsPROMETHEUS 2-8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Apr 2023
26 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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