CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1435
FIREBIRD 3
FIREBIRD 3 (NORAD 40377) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 August 2023, after 8 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40377
International designator
2015-003B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 Jan 2015Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 6 months3,105 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
MSU / UNH
Built by
MSU / UNH
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
MSU
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 6 monthsFIREBIRD 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Aug 2023
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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