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2025-0829

PRISM (HITOMI)

PRISM (HITOMI) (NORAD 33493) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2025, after 16 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
33493
International designator
2009-002B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
23 Jan 2009Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 2 months5,930 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
Tokyo
Built by
Tokyo
Bus
PRISM
Programme
Tokyo

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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.

Life in orbit

16 years, 2 months

PRISM (HITOMI)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 19 Apr 2025

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