CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0646
E-STAR-2
E-STAR-2 (NORAD 41459) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 2024, after 8 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41459
International designator
2016-025D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
25 Apr 2016Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years2,936 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
PolyTorino
Built by
PolyTorino
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Torino
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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
8 yearsE-STAR-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 May 2024
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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