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Entry no.
2020-0419

EQUISAT

EQUISAT (NORAD 43552) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 2020, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43552
International designator
1998-067PA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 May 2018Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months950 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Brown Univ.
Built by
Brown Univ.
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Brown

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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, 7 months

EQUISAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 26 Dec 2020

2 entries
2020-0421STARLINK-602020-0420FALCON 9 R/B

From the same launch

2018-046
2018-0111ANTARES R/B2018-0139CYGNUS OA-92020-0080RADIX2020-0234MemSat2020-0276Endurosat One2020-0371CUBERRT2020-0415RAINCUBE2021-0007HALOSAT2021-0126RadSat-g2021-0217TEMPEST-D2023-0076LEMUR 2 ALEXANDER2023-0108LEMUR 2 YUASA
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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