CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0858
ALE-2
ALE-2 (NORAD 44824) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2023, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44824
International designator
2019-084A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
6 Dec 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,230 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 96.8°
Mass
75 kg
Operator
ALE
Built by
ALE
Bus
ALE
Programme
ALE
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 96.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsALE-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Apr 2023
23 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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