CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1202
NEPT-1
NEPT-1 (NORAD 48966) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 2024, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48966
International designator
2021-059CR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Spain
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,142 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Elecnor Deimos
Built by
Elecnor Deimos
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Eldec
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthNEPT-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Aug 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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