CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0208
MEGSAT
MEGSAT (NORAD 25722) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 November 2003, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25722
International designator
1999-022B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
28 Apr 1999Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,651 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
35 kg
Operator
MegSat
Built by
MegSat
Bus
Megsat
Programme
Megsat
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsMEGSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Nov 2003
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1999-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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