CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0880
SNAP-3
SNAP-3 (NORAD 39468) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 April 2025, after 11 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39468
International designator
2013-072G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 4 months4,159 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.6°N to 59.6°SFinal inclination 120.4°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
SMDC
Built by
Duocomm Miltec
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
SMDC Cube
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 120.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.6°N and 59.6°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 4 monthsSNAP-3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Apr 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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