RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
DROID-001
DROID-001 (NORAD 56965) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2026, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56965
International designator
2023-084AK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Jun 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months992 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
32 kg
Operator
Turion Space
Built by
NanoAvionics
Bus
Cubesat MP42H
Programme
Turion
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 8 monthsDROID-001’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2026
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Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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