CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0254
S-CUBE
S-CUBE (NORAD 40898) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 November 2016, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40898
International designator
1998-067GY
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
19 Aug 2015Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Nov 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months462 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Chiba kogyu
Built by
Chiba kogyu
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Chiba
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
1 year, 3 monthsS-CUBE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Nov 2016
1 entryFrom the same launch
2015-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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