CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1271
COMPASS 2
COMPASS 2 (NORAD 42777) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 June 2023, after 6 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42777
International designator
2017-036N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years2,192 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
FH-Aachen
Built by
FH-Aachen
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Aachen
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 yearsCOMPASS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jun 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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