CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0668
GPX2 3U
GPX2 3U (NORAD 52948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2024, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52948
International designator
2022-074E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 2022Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months679 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
NASA LaRC
Built by
NASA LaRC
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
LARC 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 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 10 monthsGPX2 3U’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 May 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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