CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1522
RAPIS-1
RAPIS-1 (NORAD 43932) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 2024 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 5 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43932
International designator
2019-003A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
18 Jan 2019Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 2024Recorded time 10:51 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 8 months2,077 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
JAXA
Built by
JAXA
Bus
RAPIS
Programme
JAXA Tech
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 58.0°N, 77.0°W at 10:51 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 8 monthsRAPIS-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 2024
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-003Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.