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Entry no.
2025-1442

GENESIS 2

GENESIS 2 (NORAD 31789) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 September 2025 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 18 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
31789
International designator
2007-028A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Jun 2007Dombarovsky
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Sep 2025Recorded time 00:46 UTC
Time in orbit
18 years, 2 months6,642 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 position

Recorded position 16.0°N, 77.0°W at 00:46 UTC. 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, 2 months

GENESIS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 3 Sep 2025

5 entries
2025-1441COSMOS 15152025-1444FLOCK 3S 22025-1445STARLINK-18222025-1440COSMOS 249 DEB *2025-1443NOAA 16 DEB

From the same launch

2007-028
2015-0272SL-24 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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