CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0256
KSAT 2
KSAT 2 (NORAD 39578) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 May 2014, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39578
International designator
2014-009G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
27 Feb 2014Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
18 May 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months80 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Kagoshima U
Built by
Kagoshima U
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Kago
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsKSAT 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 May 2014
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2014-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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