CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0252
SHANNON
SHANNON (NORAD 48938) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 2025, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48938
International designator
2021-059BM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,311 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
30 kg
Operator
Lynk
Built by
Lynk
Bus
Lynk Shannon
Programme
Lynk
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 7 monthsSHANNON’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jan 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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