RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
PACE-1
PACE-1 (NORAD 48909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 2026, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48909
International designator
2021-059AG
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,911 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
ARC
Built by
ARC
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Ames
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
5 years, 2 monthsPACE-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Sep 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-059
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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