CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1598
SPACEBEENZ-9
SPACEBEENZ-9 (NORAD 48887) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 September 2023, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48887
International designator
2021-059J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
New Zealand
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months807 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Operator
Swarm NZ
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsSPACEBEENZ-9’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Sep 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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