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Entry no.
2025-0205

ASTERISC

ASTERISC (NORAD 49395) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 January 2025, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
49395
International designator
2021-102A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
9 Nov 2021Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,173 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Chiba kogyu
Built by
Chiba kogyu
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Chiba

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

3 years, 2 months

ASTERISC’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 25 Jan 2025

10 entries

From the same launch

2021-102
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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