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2015-0434

ETS 7

ETS 7 (NORAD 25064) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 2015, after 17 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
25064
International designator
1997-074B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
27 Nov 1997Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 11 months6,560 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.9°N to 34.9°SFinal inclination 34.9°
Mass
2,540 kg
Operator
NASDA
Built by
Toshiba
Bus
ETS-7
Programme
ETS

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 34.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.9°N and 34.9°S.

Life in orbit

17 years, 11 months

ETS 7’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 13 Nov 2015

2 entries
2015-0435ETS 7 TARGET2015-0433PEGASUS DEB

From the same launch

1997-074
1998-0040H-2 R/B(2)1999-0034H-2 R/B(1)2015-0287TRMM2015-0435ETS 7 TARGET
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