CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0057
ASTRO E2
ASTRO E2 (NORAD 28773) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 January 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 19 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28773
International designator
2005-025A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
10 Jul 2005Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jan 2025Recorded time 14:41 UTC
Time in orbit
19 years, 5 months7,119 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.4°N to 31.4°SFinal inclination 31.4°
Mass
1,700 kg
Operator
ISAS/JAXA
Built by
ISAS/JAXA
Bus
ASTRO E
Programme
ASTRO
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 18.0°S, 167.0°E at 14:41 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 31.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.4°N and 31.4°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 5 monthsASTRO E2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Jan 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2005-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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