CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0131
SSSAT
SolarSail Subpayload Sat
SSSAT (NORAD 29482) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 2006, after 3 days in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
29482
International designator
2006-041D
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
M-5 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
Japan
Launched
22 Sep 2006Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 days3 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
Mass
6 kg
Operator
ISAS/JAXA
Built by
ISAS/JAXA
Bus
SSP
Programme
ISAS Sup
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
3 daysAlso ended on 25 Sep 2006
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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