CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0124
TECHEDSAT 5
TECHEDSAT 5 (NORAD 42066) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 July 2017, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42066
International designator
1998-067LB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Dec 2016Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jul 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months232 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
ARC / SJSU
Built by
ARC
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
TES
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
7 monthsTECHEDSAT 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2016-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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