CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1863
SPACEBEE-173
SPACEBEE-173 (NORAD 56978) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 2024, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56978
International designator
2023-084AY
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Jun 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months520 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Operator
Swarm Tech
Built by
Swarm Tech
Bus
Cubesat 0.25U
Programme
Swarm
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsSPACEBEE-173’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Nov 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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