RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
BOTAN
BOTAN (NORAD 65943) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2026, after 27 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
65943
International designator
1998-067XQ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Nov 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
27 years, 4 months10,012 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Chiba kogyu
Built by
Chiba kogyu
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Chiba
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, 4 monthsBOTAN’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Apr 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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