CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0277
TOMSK-TPU 120
TOMSK-TPU 120 (NORAD 42910) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 20 October 2019, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42910
International designator
1998-067MZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
31 Mar 2016Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,298 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Tomsk Polytech.
Built by
Tomsk Polytech.
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
TPU
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
3 years, 6 monthsTOMSK-TPU 120’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Oct 2019
1 entryFrom the same launch
2016-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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