CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0820
UNICORN-2D
UNICORN-2D (NORAD 51032) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 2023, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51032
International designator
2022-002BA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months455 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Alba Orbital
Built by
Alba Orbital
Bus
PocketQube 3P
Programme
Alba
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
1 year, 3 monthsUNICORN-2D’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Apr 2023
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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