CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0112
Dragonfly
BIRDS-X
Dragonfly (NORAD 65729) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 2026, after 27 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
65729
International designator
1998-067XJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT XHListed as an unidentified object
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Nov 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
27 years, 2 months9,934 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Kyutech
Built by
Kyutech
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Kyutech
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
27 years, 2 monthsDragonfly’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jan 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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