CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0265
GLOBAL-1
GLOBAL-1 (NORAD 43730) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 2024, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43730
International designator
2018-096M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Nov 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,916 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
55 kg
Operator
Built by
LeoStella
Bus
BSky
Programme
BlackSky
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsGLOBAL-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 2024
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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