CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0069
SHAKUNTALA
SHAKUNTALA (NORAD 52173) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 2024, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52173
International designator
2022-033S
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
India
Launched
1 Apr 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months652 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
15 kg
Operator
Pixxel
Built by
Pixxel
Bus
Pixxel
Programme
Pixxel
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 9 monthsSHAKUNTALA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jan 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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