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Entry no.
2023-1677

ALE-1

ALE-1 (NORAD 43938) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 October 2023, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43938
International designator
2019-003G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
18 Jan 2019Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,720 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
68 kg
Operator
ALE
Built by
ALE
Bus
ALE
Programme
ALE

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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.

Life in orbit

4 years, 8 months

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

Also ended on 4 Oct 2023

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2019-003
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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