CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0232
UNICORN-2M
UNICORN-2M (NORAD 58726) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 2026, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
58726
International designator
2023-185Q
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
1 Dec 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months819 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Alba Orbital
Built by
Alba Orbital
Bus
PocketQube 3P
Programme
Alba
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsUNICORN-2M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 2026
1 entryFrom the same launch
2023-185
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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