CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0505
GHALIB
GHALIB (NORAD 48962) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 2024, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48962
International designator
2021-059CM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Arab Emirates
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,022 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Marshall Intech
Built by
Marshall Intech
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Marshall Intech
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 9 monthsGHALIB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Apr 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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