CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0710
PROXIMA I
PROXIMA I (NORAD 43694) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 May 2024, after 5 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43694
International designator
2018-088E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
11 Nov 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
18 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 6 months2,015 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.0°N to 85.0°SFinal inclination 85.0°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Fleet Space
Built by
Fleet Space
Bus
Cubesat 1.5U
Programme
Fleet
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 85.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.0°N and 85.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 6 monthsPROXIMA I’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 May 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-088
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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