CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0489
PICASSO-BEL
PICASSO-BEL (NORAD 46281) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 2024, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46281
International designator
2020-061K
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Belgium
Launched
3 Sep 2020Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,318 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
IASB
Built by
IASB / AAC ClydeSpace
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
IASB
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
3 years, 7 monthsPICASSO-BEL’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Apr 2024
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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