CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0717
GLOBAL-20
GLOBAL-20 (NORAD 52197) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 2025, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52197
International designator
2022-034C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Apr 2022Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 2025UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 5 Apr 2025
Time in orbit
3 years1,098 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
55 kg
Operator
Built by
LeoStella
Bus
BSky
Programme
BlackSky
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 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsGLOBAL-20’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with GLOBAL-20
20 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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