CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0182
ARDUSAT 1
ARDUSAT 1 (NORAD 39412) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 2014, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39412
International designator
1998-067DA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Aug 2013Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 2014UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 15 Apr 2014
Time in orbit
8 months256 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
NanoSatisfi
Built by
NanoSatisfi
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Nanosatisfi
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
8 monthsARDUSAT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Apr 2014
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-040Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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