CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0475
QPS-SAR-2 IZANAMI
QPS-SAR-2 IZANAMI (NORAD 47485) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 2024, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47485
International designator
2021-006CA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,173 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
120 kg
Operator
QPS Labs
Built by
QPS Labs
Bus
QSAT
Programme
QPS
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
3 years, 2 monthsQPS-SAR-2 IZANAMI’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Apr 2024
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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