CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1591
RAX-2
RAX-2 (NORAD 37853) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 October 2024, after 12 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37853
International designator
2011-061D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Oct 2011Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 11 months4,727 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.3°N to 78.3°SFinal inclination 101.7°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
UM / NSF
Built by
UM / SRI
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
UMI
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 101.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.3°N and 78.3°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 11 monthsRAX-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Oct 2024
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2011-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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