CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1907
QPS-SAR-6 AMATERU-III
QPS-SAR-6 AMATERU-III (NORAD 56951) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 November 2024 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56951
International designator
2023-084V
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
12 Jun 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Nov 2024Recorded time 02:58 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months524 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
120 kg
Operator
QPS Labs
Built by
QPS Labs
Bus
QSAT
Programme
QPS
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.0°S, 4.0°W at 02:58 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsQPS-SAR-6 AMATERU-III’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Nov 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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