CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1956
QSAT-EOS
QSAT-EOS (NORAD 40301) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 2023, after 9 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40301
International designator
2014-070D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
6 Nov 2014Dombarovsky
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years3,314 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
49 kg
Operator
Kyushu U. / QPS Labs
Built by
Kyushu U. / QPS Labs
Bus
QSAT
Programme
QPS
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
9 yearsQSAT-EOS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2014-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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