CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1468
CURTIS
CURTIS (NORAD 59507) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 2024, after 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
59507
International designator
1998-067WG
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT BListed as an unidentified object
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Mar 2024Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months180 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Kyutech
Built by
Kyutech
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Kyutech
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsCURTIS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Sep 2024
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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