CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0250
SRATS (TAIYO)
SRATS (TAIYO) (NORAD 7671) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 June 1980, after 5 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7671
International designator
1975-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
24 Feb 1975Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 4 months1,952 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.5°N to 31.5°SFinal inclination 31.5°
Mass
86 kg
Operator
ISAS
Built by
ISAS
Bus
SRATS
Programme
Mu Early
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 31.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.5°N and 31.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 4 monthsSRATS (TAIYO)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Jun 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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