RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
TACSAT 6
TACSAT 6 (NORAD 39473) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 September 2026, after 12 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39473
International designator
2013-072M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 9 months4,672 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.6°N to 59.6°SFinal inclination 120.4°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
SMDC
Built by
DUCOMM?
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 120.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.6°N and 59.6°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 9 monthsTACSAT 6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Sep 2026
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-072
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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