CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1268
FOSSASAT2E1
FOSSASAT2E1 (NORAD 50985) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 June 2023, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
50985
International designator
2022-002B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Spain
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months526 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
WiseKey
Built by
Fossa Systems
Bus
PocketQube 2P
Programme
WiseKey
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, 5 monthsFOSSASAT2E1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Jun 2023
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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