CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0254
CUTE 1.7+APD
CUTE 1.7+APD (NORAD 28941) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 October 2009, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28941
International designator
2006-005C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Feb 2006Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,342 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
TITech
Built by
TITech
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
TIT
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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 8 monthsCUTE 1.7+APD’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2006-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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