CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1070
CARBONITE 2
CARBONITE 2 (NORAD 43115) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 2025, after 7 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43115
International designator
2018-004E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
12 Jan 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 4 months2,687 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
100 kg
Operator
Earth-i / RAF Space Ops
Built by
SSTL (Astrium)
Bus
CBNT
Programme
SSTL
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 4 monthsCARBONITE 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 May 2025
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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