CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1045
SPACEBEE-45
SPACEBEE-45 (NORAD 47470) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2023, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47470
International designator
2021-006BK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months837 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 years, 3 monthsSPACEBEE-45’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 May 2023
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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