RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
CUTE-LASP
CUTE-LASP (NORAD 49263) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 July 2026, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49263
International designator
2021-088D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
27 Sep 2021Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jul 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,754 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
Colorado
Built by
Colorado
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
UCO
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 9 monthsCUTE-LASP’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jul 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-088
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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