CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0138
TUPOD
TUPOD (NORAD 41936) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 2017, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41936
International designator
1998-067KY
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
9 Dec 2016Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months273 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
GAUSS SrI
Built by
GAUSS SrI
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
GAUSSP
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
8 monthsTUPOD’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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