CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1182
SPACEBEE-61
SPACEBEE-61 (NORAD 47431) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 June 2023, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47431
International designator
2021-006U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months863 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, 4 monthsSPACEBEE-61’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jun 2023
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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