CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1280
SPARC-1
SPARC-1 (NORAD 44226) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 June 2023, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44226
International designator
2019-026B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 May 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,513 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.0°N to 40.0°SFinal inclination 40.0°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
AFRL/RV / FMV
Built by
AFRL/RV
Bus
Cubesat 6U?
Programme
AFRL Cube
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 40.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.0°N and 40.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthSPARC-1’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
2019-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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