CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0869
STARS EC
STARS EC (NORAD 47928) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 2022, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47928
International designator
1998-067SE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Feb 2021Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month419 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
1 year, 1 monthSTARS EC’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Apr 2022
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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