CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1279
DOVE 4
DOVE 4 (NORAD 39434) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 June 2023, after 9 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39434
International designator
2013-066U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Nov 2013Dombarovsky
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 7 months3,504 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Operator
PUCP
Built by
PUCP
Bus
PocketQub 1P
Programme
PUCP
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 7 monthsDOVE 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Jun 2023
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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