CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0718
PROXIMA II
PROXIMA II (NORAD 43696) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 2024, after 5 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43696
International designator
2018-088G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
11 Nov 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 6 months2,017 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 II’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 May 2024
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-088
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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