CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1725
INS-1B
INS-1B (NORAD 41954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 2023, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41954
International designator
2017-008G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
India
Launched
15 Feb 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,431 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
10 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-1B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Oct 2023
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-008Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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