CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0908
MIR-SAT 1
MIR-SAT 1 (NORAD 48868) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 2022, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48868
International designator
1998-067SP
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Mauritius
Launched
3 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months319 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
MRIC
Built by
MRIC
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
MRIC
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
10 monthsMIR-SAT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 2022
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2022-0908
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2022-0908
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.