CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0153
EROS A1
EROS A1 (NORAD 26631) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 2016, after 15 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26631
International designator
2000-079A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Israel
Launched
5 Dec 2000Svobodny
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 7 months5,693 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
250 kg
Operator
ImageSat
Built by
IAI
Bus
Ofeq
Programme
Ofeq EROS
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 7 monthsEROS A1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2000-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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