RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
ARICA
ARICA (NORAD 49403) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 July 2026, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
49403
International designator
2021-102J
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT JListed as an unidentified object
Country
Japan
Launched
9 Nov 2021Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jul 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,709 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Aoyama Gakuin
Built by
Aoyama Gakuin
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Aoyama Gakuin
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 8 monthsARICA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jul 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-102
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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