CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1489
MIDSTAR 1
MIDSTAR 1 (NORAD 30773) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 August 2023, after 16 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
30773
International designator
2007-006B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Mar 2007Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 5 months6,005 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.0°N to 46.0°SFinal inclination 46.0°
Mass
120 kg
Operator
USNA / USAF STP
Built by
USNA
Bus
MidStar
Programme
USNA
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 46.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.0°N and 46.0°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 5 monthsMIDSTAR 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Aug 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2007-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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