CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1666
INS-1A
INS-1A (NORAD 41949) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 October 2023, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41949
International designator
2017-008B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
India
Launched
15 Feb 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,421 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
ISRO
Built by
ISRO
Bus
ISAC
Programme
INS
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
6 years, 7 monthsINS-1A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Oct 2023
12 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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