CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0057
NUSAT-7 (SOPHIE)
NUSAT-7 (SOPHIE) (NORAD 45017) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 2024, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45017
International designator
2020-003B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Argentina
Launched
15 Jan 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,458 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 11 monthsNUSAT-7 (SOPHIE)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jan 2024
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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