CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0348
BHUTAN-1
BHUTAN-1 (NORAD 43591) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 November 2020, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43591
International designator
1998-067PF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Not recorded
Launched
29 Jun 2018Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Nov 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months873 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Dept of IT/Tel
Built by
Kyutech
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Bhutan
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
2 years, 4 monthsBHUTAN-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Nov 2020
1 entryFrom the same launch
2018-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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