CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0539
DIAMOND BLUE
DIAMOND BLUE (NORAD 42786) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 April 2024, after 6 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42786
International designator
2017-036X
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 10 months2,496 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Sky Space Global
Built by
GOMSpace
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
SASG
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 10 monthsDIAMOND BLUE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Apr 2024
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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