CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0361
AFOTEC-1
AFOTEC-1 (NORAD 44225) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 2024, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44225
International designator
2019-026A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 May 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 20 Mar 2024
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,782 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.0°N to 40.0°SFinal inclination 40.0°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
AFOTEC / USAF Academy
Built by
USAF Academy
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Falconsat
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 monthsAFOTEC-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with AFOTEC-1
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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