CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-2014
HELIOS 2B
HELIOS 2B (NORAD 36124) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 2023 over the Arctic Ocean, after 13 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
36124
International designator
2009-073A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
France
Launched
17 Dec 2009Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 2023Recorded time 08:24 UTC
Time in orbit
13 years, 11 months5,110 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
Mass
4,200 kg
Operator
CNES / DGA
Built by
Astrium/Toulouse
Bus
SPOT
Programme
Helios
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 78.0°N, 121.0°E at 08:24 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 11 monthsHELIOS 2B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Dec 2023
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2023-2014
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.