CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0223
STARS-ME
STARS-ME (NORAD 43640) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 June 2021, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43640
International designator
1998-067PQ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
22 Sep 2018Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jun 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,008 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Shizuoka U
Built by
Shizuoka U
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
STARS
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, 9 monthsSTARS-ME’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Jun 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2018-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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