CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1922
ARTHUR-1
ARTHUR-1 (NORAD 48953) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 2025, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48953
International designator
2021-059CC
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Belgium
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,645 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
20 kg
Operator
Aerospacelab
Built by
Aerospacelab
Bus
Cubesat 12U
Programme
Aerospacelab
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsARTHUR-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Dec 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.