CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0181
BHASKARA
BHASKARA (NORAD 11392) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 February 1989, after 9 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11392
International designator
1979-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
India
Launched
7 Jun 1979Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Feb 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 8 months3,543 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
Mass
425 kg
Operator
ISRO
Built by
ISRO
Bus
ISRO SEO
Programme
ISRO
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 8 monthsBHASKARA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Feb 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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