CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0493
SPACEBEE-153
SPACEBEE-153 (NORAD 52408) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 2024, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52408
International designator
2022-047Q
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 May 2022Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 11 Apr 2024
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months712 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Operator
Swarm Tech
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsSPACEBEE-153’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
2022-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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