CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0075
BEPPOSAX
BEPPOSAX (NORAD 23857) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 April 2003, after 6 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23857
International designator
1996-027A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
30 Apr 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Apr 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 11 months2,555 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
4.0°N to 4.0°SFinal inclination 4.0°
Mass
1,383 kg
Operator
ASI
Built by
Alenia Spazio
Bus
SAX
Programme
ASI
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 4.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 4.0°N and 4.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 11 monthsBEPPOSAX’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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