CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1610
NUSAT-15 KATHERINE
NUSAT-15 KATHERINE (NORAD 46830) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 2023, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46830
International designator
2020-079D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Argentina
Launched
6 Nov 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 2023UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 18 Sep 2023
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,047 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
44 kg
Operator
URUGUS S.A.
Built by
URUGUS S.A.
Bus
NewSat IV
Programme
Satelog
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
2 years, 10 monthsNUSAT-15 KATHERINE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Sep 2023
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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