CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0240
IGS 3A
IGS 3A (NORAD 29393) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 October 2016, after 10 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29393
International designator
2006-037A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
11 Sep 2006Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 1 month3,701 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1,500 kg
Operator
CSICE
Built by
MELCO
Bus
IGS-O
Programme
IGS-O-G1
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 1 monthIGS 3A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Oct 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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