CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0065
AAUSAT 5
AAUSAT 5 (NORAD 40948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2016, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40948
International designator
1998-067GZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Denmark
Launched
19 Aug 2015Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months209 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
AAU
Built by
AAU
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
AAU
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
6 monthsAAUSAT 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Mar 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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