CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1793
DRUMS TARGET-1
DRUMS TARGET-1 (NORAD 55685) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 November 2024, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55685
International designator
2021-102M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
9 Nov 2021Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,092 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Kawasaki
Built by
Kawasaki
Bus
DRUMS Target
Programme
Kawasaki
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 years, 11 monthsDRUMS TARGET-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Nov 2024
28 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-102
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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