CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1558
MICRODRAGON
MICRODRAGON (NORAD 43935) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 2024, after 5 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43935
International designator
2019-003D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
18 Jan 2019Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 8 months2,083 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
VNSC
Built by
VNSC
Bus
MicroDragon
Programme
VNSC
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 8 monthsMICRODRAGON’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Oct 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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