CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1132
NUDTSAT
NUDTSAT (NORAD 42787) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 May 2023, after 5 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42787
International designator
2017-036Y
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
31 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 11 months2,168 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
NUDT Changsha
Built by
NUDT Changsha
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
NUDT
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 11 monthsNUDTSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 May 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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