CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1575
BUCCANEER RMM
BUCCANEER RMM (NORAD 43014) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 October 2024, after 6 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43014
International designator
2017-073B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
18 Nov 2017Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 10 months2,512 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
U. NSW / DSTO
Built by
U. NSW
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
UNSWC
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 10 monthsBUCCANEER RMM’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Oct 2024
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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