RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
UNICORN-2P
UNICORN-2P (NORAD 63981) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 2026, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
63981
International designator
2025-052BT
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
15 Mar 2025Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months353 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsUNICORN-2P’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Mar 2026
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2025-052Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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