CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1703
SUCHAI
SUCHAI (NORAD 42788) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 October 2023, after 6 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42788
International designator
2017-036Z
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Chile
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 3 months2,301 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
SPEL/UCH
Built by
SPEL/UCH
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
UChile
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
6 years, 3 monthsSUCHAI’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Oct 2023
18 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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