CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0802
ASTRO F (AKARI)
ASTRO F (AKARI) (NORAD 28939) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 2023 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 17 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28939
International designator
2006-005A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Feb 2006Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 2023Recorded time 04:44 UTC
Time in orbit
17 years, 1 month6,258 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
Mass
952 kg
Operator
ISAS/JAXA
Built by
ISAS/JAXA
Bus
ASTRO F
Programme
ASTRO
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 26.0°N, 49.0°W at 04:44 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
17 years, 1 monthASTRO F (AKARI)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Apr 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2006-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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