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Entry no.
2025-0050

MINOTAUR-C R/B

MINOTAUR-C R/B (NORAD 42994) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 7 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
42994
International designator
2017-068H
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
31 Oct 2017Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 2025Recorded time 01:04 UTC
Time in orbit
7 years, 2 months2,622 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
202 kg

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 56.0°N, 150.0°W at 01:04 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.

Life in orbit

7 years, 2 months

MINOTAUR-C R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 4 Jan 2025

10 entries
2025-0051STARLINK-14862025-0052STARLINK-21522025-0053STARLINK-36662025-0054STARLINK-36842025-0055STARLINK-54042025-0046COSMOS 2251 DEB2025-0047BREEZE-M DEB2025-0048NOAA 16 DEB2025-0049THORAD AGENA D DEB2025-0056CZ-6A DEB

From the same launch

2017-068
2023-0410FLOCK 3M 42023-0636FLOCK 3M 12023-0681FLOCK 3M 22023-0715FLOCK 3M 3
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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