CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0309
CUSAT 2/FALCON 9
CUSAT 2/FALCON 9 (NORAD 39271) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 11 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39271
International designator
2013-055G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Sep 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 2025Recorded time 19:46 UTC
Time in orbit
11 years, 4 months4,150 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 80.9°
Mass
4,000 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
F9St2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 4.0°S, 63.0°E at 19:46 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 80.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.9°N and 80.9°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 4 monthsCUSAT 2/FALCON 9’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Feb 2025
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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