CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2352
SPACEBEE-31
SPACEBEE-31 (NORAD 46947) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 2022, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46947
International designator
2020-085U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years743 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Operator
Swarm Tech
Built by
Swarm Tech
Bus
Cubesat 0.25U
Programme
Swarm
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 yearsSPACEBEE-31’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 2022
1 entryFrom the same launch
2020-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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