CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-2048
NUSAT 5
NUSAT 5 (NORAD 43204) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 2023, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43204
International designator
2018-015K
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Argentina
Launched
2 Feb 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,151 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
37 kg
Operator
URUGUS S.A.
Built by
URUGUS S.A.
Bus
Aleph
Programme
Satelog
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 10 monthsNUSAT 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Dec 2023
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-015Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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