RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
Al-Farabi 2
Al-Farabi 2 (NORAD 43805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2026, after 7 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
43805
International designator
2018-099AZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT AZListed as an unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
3 Dec 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 5 months2,712 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Al-Farabi KNU
Built by
Al-Farabi KNU
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Al Farabi
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, 5 monthsAl-Farabi 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 2026
6 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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