CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0637
AOBA VELOX-IV
AOBA VELOX-IV (NORAD 43940) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 March 2023, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43940
International designator
2019-003J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
18 Jan 2019Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Mar 2023Recorded time 02:53 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,526 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
Kyutech
Built by
Kyutech
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
NTU
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsAOBA VELOX-IV’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Mar 2023
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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