RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
E-KAGAKU-1
E-KAGAKU-1 (NORAD 65942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 2026, after 27 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
65942
International designator
1998-067XP
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Nov 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
27 years, 3 months9,966 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
e-kagaku
Built by
e-kagaku
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
e-kagaku
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, 3 monthsE-KAGAKU-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Mar 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-067
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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