CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0043
DELFI-PQ
DELFI-PQ (NORAD 51074) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 January 2024, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51074
International designator
2022-002CU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Netherlands
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months726 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
TU Delft
Built by
TU Delft
Bus
PocketQube 3P
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsDELFI-PQ’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jan 2024
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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