CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0535
BLUEWALKER-LVA
BLUEWALKER-LVA (NORAD 54247) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 2025 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
54247
International designator
2022-111AS
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Sep 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 2025Recorded time 01:19 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months910 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.1°N to 53.1°SFinal inclination 53.1°
Mass
150 kg
Operator
AST & Science
Built by
AST & Science
Bus
BW3 LVA
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 3.0°S, 21.0°W at 01:19 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.1°N and 53.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsBLUEWALKER-LVA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Mar 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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