CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1151
IRIS-A
IRIS-A (NORAD 51044) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 June 2025, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51044
International designator
2022-002BN
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Taiwan
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jun 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,244 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
NCKU
Built by
NCKU
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
NCKU
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, 4 monthsIRIS-A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jun 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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