RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
CUSAT 1
CUSAT 1 (NORAD 39266) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 2026, after 12 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39266
International designator
2013-055B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Sep 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 7 months4,618 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 80.9°
Mass
23 kg
Operator
Cornell
Built by
Cornell
Bus
CUSAT
Programme
Cornell
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 80.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.9°N and 80.9°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 7 monthsCUSAT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 May 2026
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-055
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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