CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1929
FIREBIRD A
FIREBIRD A (NORAD 39463) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 November 2023, after 9 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39463
International designator
2013-072B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 11 months3,643 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.6°N to 59.6°SFinal inclination 120.4°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
MSU / Montana SGC
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 120.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.6°N and 59.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 11 monthsFIREBIRD A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Nov 2023
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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