CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0519
NUSAT 1
NUSAT 1 (NORAD 15666) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 1986, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15666
International designator
1985-034B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Apr 1985Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months595 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
57.0°N to 57.0°SFinal inclination 57.0°
Mass
48 kg
Operator
Weber CAST
Built by
Weber CAST
Bus
Nusat
Programme
Nusat
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 57.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 57.0°N and 57.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 7 monthsNUSAT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1985-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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