CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0495
AIST 2D
AIST 2D (NORAD 41465) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 2024 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 7 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41465
International designator
2016-026B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
28 Apr 2016Vostochny Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 2024Recorded time 05:03 UTC
Time in orbit
7 years, 11 months2,909 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
Mass
530 kg
Operator
SNIU
Built by
SNIU
Bus
AIST
Programme
AIST
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 56.0°S, 126.0°W at 05:03 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 11 monthsAIST 2D’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Apr 2024
1 entryFrom the same launch
2016-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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