CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0258
SPUTNIK JR 3
SPUTNIK JR 3 (NORAD 25685) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 July 1999, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25685
International designator
1999-015C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
2 Apr 1999Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jul 1999UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 29 Jul 1999
Time in orbit
3 months119 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
AMSAT-R
Built by
AMSAT-R
Bus
Sputnik-40
Programme
Radio RS
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsSPUTNIK JR 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1999-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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