CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0164
NASA PTD-1
NASA PTD-1 (NORAD 47482) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 February 2024, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47482
International designator
2021-006BX
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,105 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
11 kg
Operator
ARC / Tyvak NSS
Built by
Tyvak NSS
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Ames
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
3 yearsNASA PTD-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Feb 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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