CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2092
SKYKRAFT-3A
SKYKRAFT-3A (NORAD 56981) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 2024, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56981
International designator
2023-084BB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
12 Jun 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months552 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
SkyKraft
Built by
SkyKraft
Bus
Skykraft
Programme
Skykraft
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
1 year, 6 monthsSKYKRAFT-3A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Dec 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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