CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0458
GUNSMOKE-J 4
GUNSMOKE-J 4 (NORAD 48878) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 2024, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48878
International designator
2021-058H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,014 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
60.6°N to 60.6°SFinal inclination 60.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
SMDC / TriSept
Built by
TriSept
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Gunsmoke
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 60.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 60.6°N and 60.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 9 monthsGUNSMOKE-J 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Apr 2024
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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