CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0228
FITSAT 1
FITSAT 1 (NORAD 38853) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 July 2013, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38853
International designator
1998-067CP
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Jul 2012Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jul 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months348 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Fukuoka
Built by
Fukuoka
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Fukuoka
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
11 monthsFITSAT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2012-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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