CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0659
GNOMES-2
GNOMES-2 (NORAD 48910) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 May 2024, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48910
International designator
2021-059AH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,045 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
30 kg
Operator
PlanetiQ
Built by
Blue Canyon
Bus
XSat
Programme
Planetiq
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, 10 monthsGNOMES-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 May 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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