CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0195
CAPSAT 1
CAPSAT 1 (NORAD 53770) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 2023, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53770
International designator
1998-067UH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Jul 2022Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months200 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Weiss School
Built by
Weiss School
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Weiss
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
6 monthsCAPSAT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jan 2023
34 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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