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Entry no.
2025-1281

MOVE-II

MOVE-II (NORAD 43780) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 2025, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
43780
International designator
2018-099Y
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
3 Dec 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,419 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
TU Munchen
Built by
TU Munchen
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
TUM

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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.

Life in orbit

6 years, 7 months

MOVE-II’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 18 Jul 2025

6 entries

From the same launch

2018-099
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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