CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1299
KMS 4
KMS 4 (NORAD 41332) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 June 2023, after 7 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41332
International designator
2016-009A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
North Korea
Launched
7 Feb 2016Sohae
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 4 months2,700 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
100 kg
Operator
NADA
Built by
NADA
Bus
TD Satellite
Programme
KMS
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 4 monthsKMS 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jun 2023
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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