RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
ION-MK01
ION-MK01 (NORAD 46274) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2026, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46274
International designator
2020-061C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
3 Sep 2020Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,054 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
150 kg
Operator
D-ORBIT
Built by
D-ORBIT
Bus
ION-SC
Programme
DORBIT
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
5 years, 7 monthsION-MK01’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Apr 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-061
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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