CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1344
ORCASAT
ORCASAT (NORAD 55126) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 July 2023, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55126
International designator
1998-067UT
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
26 Nov 2022Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months227 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
U Victoria
Built by
U Victoria
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
UVic
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsORCASAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jul 2023
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-159
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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