CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0897
TAIFA-1
TAIFA-1 (NORAD 56208) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 April 2025, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56208
International designator
2023-054AG
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Kenya
Launched
15 Apr 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years744 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Kenya Space / Sayari Labs
Built by
Sayari Labs / Endurosat
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Kenya SA
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
2 yearsTAIFA-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Apr 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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