CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0159
YUZGU 8
YUZGU 8 (NORAD 53306) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 27 January 2023, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53306
International designator
1998-067TR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
15 Feb 2022Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months346 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
SWSU
Built by
SWSU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
YUZGU
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
11 monthsYUZGU 8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jan 2023
18 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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