CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0981
SNAP-3 EDDIE
SNAP-3 EDDIE (NORAD 40972) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 September 2026, after 10 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40972
International designator
2015-058J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
8 Oct 2015Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 11 months3,996 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
5 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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 11 monthsSNAP-3 EDDIE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Sep 2026
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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