CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-2073
GUNSMOKE-L
GUNSMOKE-L (NORAD 52951) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 December 2023, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52951
International designator
2022-074H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 2022Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months544 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
44.9°N to 44.9°SFinal inclination 44.9°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
SMDC
Built by
Dynetics / Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Gunsmoke
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 44.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 44.9°N and 44.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsGUNSMOKE-L’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Dec 2023
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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