RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
ASTROCAST-0103
ASTROCAST-0103 (NORAD 47487) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 May 2026, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47487
International designator
2021-006CC
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Switzerland
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,925 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Astrocast
Built by
Astrocast
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Astrocast
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 3 monthsASTROCAST-0103’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 May 2026
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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