CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1874
DELFI C3
DELFI C3 (NORAD 32789) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 2023, after 15 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
32789
International designator
2008-021G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Netherlands
Launched
28 Apr 2008Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 6 months5,677 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
TU Delft
Built by
TU Delft
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Delft
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 6 monthsDELFI C3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Nov 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2008-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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