CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0096
ALMASAT-1
ALMASAT-1 (NORAD 38078) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 April 2020, after 8 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38078
International designator
2012-006B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
13 Feb 2012Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Apr 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 2 months2,994 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.4°N to 69.4°SFinal inclination 69.4°
Mass
12 kg
Operator
Bologna
Built by
Bologna
Bus
ALMASat
Programme
Bologna
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 69.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.4°N and 69.4°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 2 monthsALMASAT-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Apr 2020
1 entryFrom the same launch
2012-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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