CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1001
DIDO 2
DIDO 2 (NORAD 42000) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 July 2024, after 7 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42000
International designator
2017-008BE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Israel
Launched
15 Feb 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jul 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 4 months2,704 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Space Pharma
Built by
Space Pharma
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Dido
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
7 years, 4 monthsDIDO 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jul 2024
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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