CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0454
AZTECHSAT-1
AZTECHSAT-1 (NORAD 45261) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 2021, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45261
International designator
1998-067RE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Dec 2019Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years736 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
UPAEP
Built by
UPAEP
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Puebla
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 yearsAZTECHSAT-1’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
2019-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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