CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0366
MICROSAT
MICROSAT (NORAD 24291) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 1999, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24291
International designator
1996-050A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Argentina
Launched
29 Aug 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,170 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
Mass
33 kg
Operator
IUA Cordoba
Built by
Coratec
Bus
MU-SAT
Programme
CONAE MU
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 62.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.7°N and 62.7°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 2 monthsMICROSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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