CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0223
BEESAT-8
BEESAT-8 (NORAD 48085) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 January 2025, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48085
International designator
2021-022AP
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
22 Mar 2021Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,408 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Operator
TUB
Built by
TUB
Bus
Cubesat 0.25U
Programme
BEESAT
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
3 years, 10 monthsBEESAT-8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Jan 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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