CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1304
ELSA-D
ELSA-D (NORAD 47944) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 July 2025 over the Southern Ocean, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47944
International designator
2021-022N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
22 Mar 2021Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jul 2025Recorded time 08:27 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,588 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
175 kg
Operator
Astroscale
Built by
Astroscale
Bus
ELSA
Programme
Astroscale
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 69.0°S, 75.0°E at 08:27 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 4 monthsELSA-D’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2021-0222023-1383DIY-1/ARDUIQUBE2024-0205FEES2024-0567LACUNASAT-2B2024-0881BEESAT-52024-1015BEESAT-62024-10623B5GSAT2024-1088SMOG-12024-1134BEESAT-72024-1200STECCO2024-1487BCCSAT-12024-1536KEPLER-7 (C3PO)2024-1805KEPLER-6 (ROCINANTE)In orbitCAS500-1In orbitGRUS 1CIn orbitGRUS 1BIn orbitGRUS 1EIn orbitGRUS 1D
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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