CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0266
SPACEBEE-5
SPACEBEE-5 (NORAD 43817) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 2024, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43817
International designator
2018-099BM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Dec 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,912 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Swarm Tech
Built by
Swarm Tech
Bus
Cubesat 1U
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsSPACEBEE-5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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