CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0497
HSU-SAT1
HSU-SAT1 (NORAD 53462) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 March 2023, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53462
International designator
1998-067UB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
15 Jul 2022Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months239 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
FSI / Happy Sci U
Built by
FSI / Happy Sci U
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
HSU
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
7 monthsHSU-SAT1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with HSU-SAT1
20 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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