CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1674
BKA 2
BKA 2 (NORAD 38708) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 October 2024 over the Arctic Ocean, after 12 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38708
International designator
2012-039B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Belarus
Launched
22 Jul 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Oct 2024Recorded time 08:51 UTC
Time in orbit
12 years, 2 months4,470 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
400 kg
Operator
AN Belarus
Built by
VNIIEM
Bus
Kanopus
Programme
BelKA
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 80.0°N, 99.0°W at 08:51 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 2 monthsBKA 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Oct 2024
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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