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Entry no.
2023-1396

AL-FARABI 1

AL-FARABI 1 (NORAD 42016) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 July 2023, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
42016
International designator
2017-008BW
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Kazakhstan
Launched
15 Feb 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,351 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Al-Farabi KNU
Built by
Al-Farabi KNU
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Al Farabi

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

6 years, 5 months

AL-FARABI 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 25 Jul 2023

14 entries
2023-1407KZ-1A R/B2023-1393DELTA 1 DEB2023-1394SL-12 DEB2023-1395FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1397RESURS O1 DEB2023-1398RESURS O1 DEB2023-1399COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1400COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1401FALCON 9 DEB2023-1402FALCON 9 DEB2023-1403FALCON 9 DEB2023-1404FALCON 9 DEB+2 more

From the same launch

2017-008
2022-0057FLOCK 3P 572022-2142FLOCK 3P 72022-2194FLOCK 3P 12022-2244FLOCK 3P 172022-2317FLOCK 3P 182022-2318FLOCK 3P 732022-2354FLOCK 3P 782022-2362FLOCK 3P 262022-2363FLOCK 3P 52022-2367FLOCK 3P 62022-2374FLOCK 3P 372022-2375FLOCK 3P 19In orbitCartosat-2D
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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