CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0037
TELKOM 3
TELKOM 3 (NORAD 38744) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 2021, after 8 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38744
International designator
2012-044A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Indonesia
Launched
6 Aug 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 5 months3,105 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.9°N to 49.9°SFinal inclination 49.9°
Mass
1,903 kg
Operator
Telkom
Built by
Resehetnev ISS
Bus
Ekspress-1000H
Programme
Telkom
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 49.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.9°N and 49.9°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 5 monthsTELKOM 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2012-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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