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Entry no.
2023-0716

3CAT-1

3CAT-1 (NORAD 43728) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 2023, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43728
International designator
2018-096K
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Spain
Launched
29 Nov 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,587 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
UPC
Built by
UPC
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
UPC

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.

Life in orbit

4 years, 4 months

3CAT-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 4 Apr 2023

19 entries

From the same launch

2018-096
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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