CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1231
KAI-1
KAI-1 (NORAD 53378) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 2024, after 2 years in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
53378
International designator
2022-096J
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT JListed as an unidentified object
Country
Russia
Launched
9 Aug 2022Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years740 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
KNRTU-KAI
Built by
NILAKT DOSAAF
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Kazan
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 yearsKAI-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Aug 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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