CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1109
RECURVE
RECURVE (NORAD 52944) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 August 2024, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52944
International designator
2022-074A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 2022Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month762 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
20 kg
Operator
AFRL/RV
Built by
AFRL/RV
Bus
Cubesat 12U
Programme
AFRL 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
2 years, 1 monthRECURVE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Aug 2024
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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