CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0806
SPACEBEENZ-6
SPACEBEENZ-6 (NORAD 46942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 2023, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46942
International designator
2020-085P
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
New Zealand
Launched
20 Nov 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 2023UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 22 Jul 2023
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months873 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Operator
Swarm NZ
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 years, 4 monthsSPACEBEENZ-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 2023
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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