CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1074
TROPICS PATHFINDER
TROPICS PATHFINDER (NORAD 48901) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 July 2024, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48901
International designator
2021-059Y
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jul 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,122 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
MIT-LL / GSFC
Built by
Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
MIT 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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsTROPICS PATHFINDER’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Jul 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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