CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1038
RADSAT-U
RADSAT-U (NORAD 45262) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 April 2022, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45262
International designator
1998-067RF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Nov 2019Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Apr 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months910 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
MSU
Built by
MSU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
MSU
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 years, 5 monthsRADSAT-U’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Apr 2022
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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