CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0239
STF-1
STF-1 (NORAD 43852) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2024, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43852
International designator
2018-104D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,893 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.0°N to 85.0°SFinal inclination 85.0°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
GSFC / WVU
Built by
GSFC / WVU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
GSFC Cube
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 85.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.0°N and 85.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsSTF-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 2024
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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