CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0320
HARBINGER
HARBINGER (NORAD 44229) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 2024, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44229
International designator
2019-026E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 May 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,770 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.0°N to 40.0°SFinal inclination 40.0°
Mass
150 kg
Operator
York Space Sys
Built by
York Space Sys
Bus
S-Class
Programme
Harbinger
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 40.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.0°N and 40.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 10 monthsHARBINGER’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Mar 2024
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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