CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-2028
3CAT-2
3CAT-2 (NORAD 41732) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 2023, after 7 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41732
International designator
2016-051B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Spain
Launched
15 Aug 2016Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 4 months2,681 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
7 kg
Operator
UPC
Built by
UPC
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
UPC
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 4 months3CAT-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Dec 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.