CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0528
BADR 1
BADR 1 (NORAD 20685) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 1990, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20685
International designator
1990-059A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Pakistan
Launched
16 Jul 1990Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months145 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.5°N to 28.5°SFinal inclination 28.5°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
SUPARCO
Built by
SUPARCO
Bus
BADR
Programme
BADR
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 28.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.5°N and 28.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsBADR 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 1990
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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