CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0149
APSS-1
APSS-1 (NORAD 46932) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 January 2024, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46932
International designator
2020-085D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
New Zealand
Launched
20 Nov 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,166 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
APSS
Built by
APSS
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
APSS
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 2 monthsAPSS-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jan 2024
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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