CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0549
ZACUBE-2
ZACUBE-2 (NORAD 43907) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 2024, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43907
International designator
2018-111AH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
South Africa
Launched
27 Dec 2018Vostochny Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 23 Apr 2024
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,945 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
CPUT
Built by
CPUT
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
CPUT
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 3 monthsZACUBE-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Apr 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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