CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0086
HAKUCHO (CORSA-B)
HAKUCHO (CORSA-B) (NORAD 11272) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 1985, after 6 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11272
International designator
1979-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Feb 1979Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 1 month2,245 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.9°N to 29.9°SFinal inclination 29.9°
Mass
95 kg
Operator
ISAS
Built by
ISAS
Bus
CORSA
Programme
CORSA
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 29.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.9°N and 29.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 1 monthHAKUCHO (CORSA-B)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Apr 1985
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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