CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2009
SAKURA
SAKURA (NORAD 60954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 2024, after 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
60954
International designator
1998-067WU
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT WUListed as an unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
4 Aug 2024Cape Canaveral
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months121 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Chiba kogyu
Built by
Chiba kogyu
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Chiba
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsSAKURA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 2024
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-139
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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