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Entry no.
2025-0810

DRUMS TARGET-2

DRUMS TARGET-2 (NORAD 58954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 2025, after 3 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
58954
International designator
2021-102N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
9 Nov 2021Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 5 months1,253 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Kawasaki
Built by
Kawasaki
Bus
DRUMS Target
Programme
Kawasaki

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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.

Life in orbit

3 years, 5 months

DRUMS TARGET-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 15 Apr 2025

15 entries

From the same launch

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