CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1825
TROPICS-05
TROPICS-05 (NORAD 56442) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 2025, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56442
International designator
2023-062A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
8 May 2023Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months941 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.7°N to 32.7°SFinal inclination 32.7°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
MIT-LL
Built by
Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
MIT 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 32.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.7°N and 32.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 6 monthsTROPICS-05’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Dec 2025
1 entryFrom the same launch
2023-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.