RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
POPACS 1
POPACS 1 (NORAD 39268) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 January 2026, after 12 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39268
International designator
2013-055D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Sep 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 3 months4,502 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 80.9°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
POPACS
Built by
PSC
Bus
POPACS
Programme
Starshine
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, 3 monthsPOPACS 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Jan 2026
6 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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