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Entry no.
2024-1397

CLUSTER II-FM6

CLUSTER II-FM6 (NORAD 26411) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 2024, after 24 years, 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
26411
International designator
2000-041B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
16 Jul 2000Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 2024Recorded time 18:47 UTC
Time in orbit
24 years, 1 month8,820 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.9°N to 29.9°SFinal inclination 150.1°
Mass
1,186 kg
Operator
ESA
Built by
Astrium-Frh.
Bus
Cluster
Programme
ESA Cluster

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 150.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.9°N and 29.9°S.

Life in orbit

24 years, 1 month

CLUSTER II-FM6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 8 Sep 2024

6 entries
2024-1402STARLINK-13772024-1398FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-1399COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-1400COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-1401METEOR 2-10 DEB2024-1403DELTA 4 DEB

From the same launch

2000-041
2000-0193FREGAT R/BPendingCLUSTER II-FM7
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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