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Entry no.
2025-0591

HODOYOSHI 1

HODOYOSHI 1 (NORAD 40299) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 March 2025, after 10 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
40299
International designator
2014-070B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
6 Nov 2014Dombarovsky
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 4 months3,785 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
AXELSPACE / Tokyo
Built by
AXELSPACE
Bus
Hodoyoshi
Programme
AXEL

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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.

Life in orbit

10 years, 4 months

HODOYOSHI 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 18 Mar 2025

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From the same launch

2014-070
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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