CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1494
SWAYAM
SWAYAM (NORAD 41607) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 2023, after 7 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41607
International designator
2016-040J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
India
Launched
22 Jun 2016Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 1 month2,613 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
COEP
Built by
COEP
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
COEP
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
7 years, 1 monthSWAYAM’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Aug 2023
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-040Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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