CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0419
SAMSAT 218D
SAMSAT 218D (NORAD 41466) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 2022, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41466
International designator
2016-026C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
28 Apr 2016Vostochny Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,136 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
SNIU
Built by
SNIU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Samsat
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 10 monthsSAMSAT 218D’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Mar 2022
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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