CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0884
GUNSMOKE-J 3
GUNSMOKE-J 3 (NORAD 47969) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 April 2025, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47969
International designator
2021-023E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
22 Mar 2021Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,496 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
SMDC / TriSept
Built by
TriSept
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Gunsmoke
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 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthGUNSMOKE-J 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
2021-023
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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