CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1382
SMDC ONE 1.1
SMDC ONE 1.1 (NORAD 38766) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 August 2025, after 12 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38766
International designator
2012-048J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Sep 2012Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Aug 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 11 months4,720 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.6°N to 64.6°SFinal inclination 64.6°
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 64.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.6°N and 64.6°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 11 monthsSMDC ONE 1.1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Aug 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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