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Entry no.
2018-0157

TRICOM-1R (TASUKI)

TRICOM-1R (TASUKI) (NORAD 43201) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 August 2018, after 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43201
International designator
2018-016A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
3 Feb 2018Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Aug 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months199 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.9°N to 30.9°SFinal inclination 30.9°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
Tokyo
Built by
Tokyo
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Tokyo

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 30.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.9°N and 30.9°S.

Life in orbit

6 months

TRICOM-1R (TASUKI)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

2018-016
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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