RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
VESTA-1
VESTA-1 (NORAD 43781) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 2026, after 7 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43781
International designator
2018-099Z
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
3 Dec 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 1 month2,593 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Honeywell/Ayles. / UKSA
Built by
SSTL (Astrium) / Honeywell/Ayles.
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
ComDev
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 1 monthVESTA-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jan 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-0992021-0062PW-SAT22021-0498LACMA ENOCH2023-0136CAPELLA-12024-0266SPACEBEE-52024-1409ORBWEAVER 12024-1594ORBWEAVER 22024-2023ELYUSIUM/LOWER FREE FLYE2025-0131SPACEBEE-62025-0395OBJECT AV2025-1187FLOCK 3S 12025-1270BRIO2025-1281MOVE-IIIn orbitMinXSS 2In orbitSNUSAT 2In orbitKazSTSatIn orbitSNUGLITEIn orbitITASAT-1In orbitEaglet 1
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