CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0065
ASTRO D (ASUKA)
ASTRO D (ASUKA) (NORAD 22521) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 2001, after 8 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22521
International designator
1993-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Feb 1993Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years2,932 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.1°N to 31.1°SFinal inclination 31.1°
Mass
420 kg
Operator
ISAS
Built by
ISASS?
Bus
ASTRO-D
Programme
ASTRO
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 31.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.1°N and 31.1°S.
Life in orbit
8 yearsASTRO D (ASUKA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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