April 2015
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Soyuz 2-1A Rocket Body
NORAD ID: 40620
Object: SL-4 R/B Origin: Russia Type: Block I Soyuz Upper Stage Mass: 2,355 Kilograms Launch: April 28, 2015 – 7:09:50 UTC Launch Site: 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 2-1A Ascent Duration: 8 Minutes & 45 Seconds Payload: Progress M-27M (7,289kg) Target Orbit: 193 by 238km, 51.67° Last Orbit Data: 186 by 257km, 51.65° Orbital Lifetime: 24 Hours & 23 Minutes (17 Orbits) Re-Entry Prediction: April 29, 2015 – 7:32 UTC +/-1 Minute Re-Entry Location: Pacific, 890km west of the Chilean Coast |
Falcon 9 Rocket Body
NORAD ID: 40589
Origin: USA Object: Falcon 9 R/B Type: Falcon 9 Second Stage Inclination: 51.6° Launched: April 14, 2015 - 20:10 UTC Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.1 (F9R) Launch Site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
Re-Entry Prediction: April 22, 2015 - 19:00 UTC +/- 1 Minute
Re-Entry Zone: North Africa Launched the Dragon SpX-6 Mission to the International Space Station >>>Mission Updates |
Re-Entry Zone
Vostok Rocket Body
NORAD ID: 12072
Origin: Russia Object: SL-3 R/B Type: Vostok Rocket Body Inclination: 81.1° Launched: November 21, 1980 - 11:53 UTC Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M Launch Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia |
Re-Entry Prediction: April 18, 2015 - 14:19 UTC +/- 1 Minute
Re-Entry Zone: Murmanskaya, Russia Launched the Kosmos-1222 Satellite |
Re-Entry Zone
TechEdSat-4
NORAD ID: 40455
Launched: Aboard Cygnus Orb-2 Spacecraft Released from ISS: March 4, 2015 - 01:20 UTC Origin: USA Type: 3U CubeSat Mass: 3 Kilograms Inclination: 51.6° Re-Entry Prediction: April 3, 2015 - 09:01 UTC +/- 51 Minutes Re-Entry Zone: Unknown |
TechEdSat-4 flew an Exo-Brake to orbit
that was deployed once the satellite was released to demonstrate a Passive
De-Orbit System for satellites. The Exo Brake is a
deployable device for use in free molecular flow regimes in an
exo-atmosphere environment. The device is a tension based structure that
has a number of advantages over other designs such as high stability
and the possibility of drag modulating to provide targeting capability.
As part of its demonstration in orbit, TechEdSat's Exo-Brake would be deployed to begin a 10-day de-orbit experiment during which the GPS unit of the satellite provides position data that is coupled with Earth-based tracking data to model the exo-atmospheric descent of the satellite. TechEdSat was to have a high ballistic coefficient of 5kg/m² leading to a rapid orbital decay. |
Re-Entry Orbit
ORS Tech-2
NORAD ID: 39396
Origin: USA Type: 3U CubeSat Mass: 3 Kilograms Inclination: 40.5° Launched: November 20, 2013 - 1:15 UTC Launch Vehicle: Minotaur I Launch Site: Pad 0B, MARS, Wallops |
Re-Entry Prediction: April 3, 2015 - 02:44 UTC +/- 480 Minutes
Re-Entry Zone: Unknown The ORS Tech 2 satellite, 3U in size, demonstrated a multi-mission satellite bus in orbit that could be used for a variety of future applications. The payload was built by Johns Hopkins University. >>>ORS-3 Launch Info |