CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0103
FIREFLY ALPHA R/B
FIREFLY ALPHA R/B (NORAD 58617) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 28 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
58617
International designator
2023-202B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
22 Dec 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 2024Recorded time 13:56 UTC
Time in orbit
28 days28 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.0°N to 40.0°SFinal inclination 140.0°
Mass
909 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 16.0°N, 168.0°W at 13:56 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 140.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.0°N and 40.0°S.
Life in orbit
28 daysFIREFLY ALPHA R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jan 2024
18 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-202
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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