CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0438
ALFACRUX
ALFACRUX (NORAD 52160) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 April 2024, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52160
International designator
2022-033D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Brazil
Launched
1 Apr 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years735 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Uni. Brasilia
Built by
Alen Space / Uni. Brasilia
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Brasilia
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
2 yearsALFACRUX’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Apr 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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