CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0040
STARS-C
STARS-C (NORAD 41895) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 2018, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41895
International designator
1998-067KR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
9 Dec 2016Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 2018UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 2 Mar 2018
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months449 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Shizuoka U
Built by
Shizuoka U
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
STARS
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsSTARS-C’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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