CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1232
GENESIS 1
GENESIS 1 (NORAD 29252) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 July 2025 over Africa, after 18 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29252
International designator
2006-029A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Jul 2006Dombarovsky
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jul 2025UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 3 Jul 2025
Time in orbit
18 years, 11 months6,930 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°
Mass
1,360 kg
Operator
Bigelow
Built by
Bigelow
Programme
Bigelow
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 20.0°N, 33.0°E. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 11 monthsGENESIS 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jul 2025
1 entryFrom the same launch
2006-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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