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Entry no.
2024-0190

MOONLIGHTER

MOONLIGHTER (NORAD 57316) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 2024, after 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
57316
International designator
1998-067VU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Jun 2023Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months250 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
AERO / USSF SSC
Built by
AERO
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Aerocube

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

8 months

MOONLIGHTER’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 10 Feb 2024

9 entries
2024-0185ICEYE-X12024-0186AEROCUBE 11-EAGLESCOUT2024-0187LEMUR 2 WANLI2024-0188TYVAK-01712024-0189LEMUR 2 JACKSON2024-0191TYVAK-1015 (TANTRUM)2024-0182SL-14 DEB2024-0183IRIDIUM 33 DEB2024-0184MINOTAUR-C DEB

From the same launch

2023-080
2023-1304DRAGON CRS-282023-1998MAYA-52023-2006MAYA-6
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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