CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1493
GLOBAL-15
GLOBAL-15 (NORAD 49470) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 2024, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49470
International designator
2021-106B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Nov 2021Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,037 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.0°N to 42.0°SFinal inclination 42.0°
Mass
55 kg
Operator
Built by
LeoStella
Bus
BSky
Programme
BlackSky
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 42.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.0°N and 42.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsGLOBAL-15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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