CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0480
MDASAT-1B
MDASAT-1B (NORAD 51050) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2025, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51050
International designator
2022-002BU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
South Africa
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,142 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
CPUT
Built by
CPUT
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
CPUT
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthMDASAT-1B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2025
22 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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