CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1683
IRIS-C
IRIS-C (NORAD 56221) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 October 2024, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56221
International designator
2023-054AV
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Taiwan
Launched
15 Apr 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months552 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
NCKU
Built by
NCKU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
NCKU
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 6 monthsIRIS-C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Oct 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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