CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1426
SLINGSHOT1
SLINGSHOT1 (NORAD 52947) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 September 2024, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52947
International designator
2022-074D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 2022Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months802 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
19 kg
Operator
AERO
Built by
AERO
Bus
Cubesat 12U
Programme
Aerocube
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, 2 monthsSLINGSHOT1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Sep 2024
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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