CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0145
TECH-ED-SAT
TECH-ED-SAT (NORAD 38854) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 May 2013, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38854
International designator
1998-067CQ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Jul 2012Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
5 May 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months288 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
ARC / SJSU
Built by
SJSU
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
TES
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsTECH-ED-SAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 May 2013
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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