CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0945
STRV 1B
STRV 1B (NORAD 23126) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2025, after 30 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23126
International designator
1994-034C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
17 Jun 1994Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
30 years, 10 months11,282 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
53 kg
Operator
DRA
Built by
DRA
Bus
STRV
Programme
STRV
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
30 years, 10 monthsSTRV 1B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 2025
18 entriesFrom the same launch
1994-034Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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