CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0523
BHASKARA 2
BHASKARA 2 (NORAD 12968) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 November 1991, after 10 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12968
International designator
1981-115A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
India
Launched
20 Nov 1981Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Nov 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years3,662 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
ISS 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
10 yearsBHASKARA 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1981-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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