CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0453
SUMBANDILA
SUMBANDILA (NORAD 35870) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 2021, after 12 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
35870
International designator
2009-049F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
South Africa
Launched
17 Sep 2009Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 2 months4,467 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
Mass
81 kg
Operator
CSIR
Built by
Stellenbosch
Bus
Sunsat
Programme
STBO
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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 2 monthsSUMBANDILA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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