CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0119
BIRD JJ
BIRD JJ (NORAD 42820) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 May 2019, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42820
International designator
1998-067MU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
3 Jun 2017Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
3 May 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months699 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Kyutech
Built by
Kyutech
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Kyutech
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, 11 monthsBIRD JJ’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2017-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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