CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1633
DEMO9(AURORA)
DEMO9(AURORA) (NORAD 48956) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 October 2025, after 4 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48956
International designator
2021-059CF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 3 months1,569 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
23 kg
Operator
Astro Digital / Orbital Sidekick
Built by
Astro Digital
Bus
Corvus-XL
Programme
ADIG Tech
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 3 monthsDEMO9(AURORA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Oct 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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