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Entry no.
2025-0510

SPHERE-1 EYE

SPHERE-1 EYE (NORAD 55072) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 2025, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
55072
International designator
2023-001BR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
3 Jan 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months791 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
Sony CSL
Built by
Tokyo
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Sony

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.

Life in orbit

2 years, 2 months

SPHERE-1 EYE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 4 Mar 2025

12 entries
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