CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1590
KMS 3-2
KMS 3-2 (NORAD 39026) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 September 2023, after 10 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39026
International designator
2012-072A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
North Korea
Launched
12 Dec 2012Sohae
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 9 months3,927 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
100 kg
Operator
KCST
Built by
KCST
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 9 monthsKMS 3-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Sep 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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