CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0024
AALTO-2
AALTO-2 (NORAD 42729) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 February 2019, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42729
International designator
1998-067MJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Finland
Launched
18 Apr 2017Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Feb 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months659 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Aalto univ.
Built by
Aalto univ.
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Aalto
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
1 year, 9 monthsAALTO-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2017-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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