CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1378
SUNSTORM
SUNSTORM (NORAD 49068) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 2024, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49068
International designator
2021-073C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Finland
Launched
17 Aug 2021Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,115 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Reaktor Space / ESA
Built by
Reaktor Space
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Reaktor
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsSUNSTORM’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Sep 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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