CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0765
MICROMAS 2A
MICROMAS 2A (NORAD 43131) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2023, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43131
International designator
2018-004W
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Jan 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,912 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
MIT-LL
Built by
MIT-LL / MIT
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
MIT Cube
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsMICROMAS 2A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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