RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
W-SERIES 5
W-SERIES 5 (NORAD 66747) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 29 January 2026, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
66747
International designator
2025-276CK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Nov 2025Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months62 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
250 kg
Operator
Varda Space
Built by
Varda Space
Bus
VW
Programme
Varda
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsW-SERIES 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Jan 2026
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2025-276
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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