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Entry no.
2024-0276

IT-SPINS

IT-SPINS (NORAD 49017) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2024, after 3 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
49017
International designator
2021-013G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Feb 2021Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,103 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
MSU
Built by
MSU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
MSU

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

3 years

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

Also ended on 28 Feb 2024

8 entries
2024-0274ARKYD 6A2024-0275FLOCK 4V 162024-0271FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0272FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0273WORLDVIEW 2 DEB2024-0277COSMOS 1408 DEB2024-0278IRIDIUM 47 DEB2024-0279COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2021-013
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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