CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1074
FOSSASAT2E4
FOSSASAT2E4 (NORAD 50987) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 2023, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
50987
International designator
2022-002D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Spain
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months488 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Fossa Systems
Built by
Fossa Systems
Bus
PocketQube 2P
Programme
Fossa
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, 4 monthsFOSSASAT2E4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 May 2023
17 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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