CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0344
SAC A
SAC A (NORAD 25550) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 October 1999, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25550
International designator
1998-069B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Argentina
Launched
4 Dec 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Oct 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months325 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
60 kg
Operator
CONAE Tabanera
Built by
INVAP
Bus
SAC
Programme
SAC
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsSAC A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Oct 1999
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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