CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0139
CATSAT-1
CATSAT-1 (NORAD 44033) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 2021, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44033
International designator
1998-067PZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Dec 2018Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months860 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
APL
Built by
APL / Blue Canyon
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
APL Cube
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 monthsCATSAT-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Apr 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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