RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
FIRST-MOVE
FIRST-MOVE (NORAD 39439) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 February 2026, after 12 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39439
International designator
2013-066Z
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
21 Nov 2013Dombarovsky
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 3 months4,480 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
TU Munchen
Built by
TU Munchen
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
TUM
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 3 monthsFIRST-MOVE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Feb 2026
1 entryFrom the same launch
2013-066
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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