RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
CORAL
CORAL (NORAD 67684) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 August 2026, after 27 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
67684
International designator
1998-067YA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
20 Nov 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
27 years, 8 months10,116 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Roma La Sapienza
Built by
Roma La Sapienza
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
ROSAP
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, 8 monthsCORAL’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Aug 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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