CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0169
ABRIXAS
ABRIXAS (NORAD 25721) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 2017, after 18 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25721
International designator
1999-022A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
28 Apr 1999Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 6 months6,761 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
470 kg
Operator
DLR
Built by
OHB
Bus
ABRIXAS
Programme
DLR Astro
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 6 monthsABRIXAS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1999-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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