CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2382
OBJECT E
OBJECT E (NORAD 43853) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 2022, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43853
International designator
2018-104E
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,459 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
85.0°N to 85.0°SFinal inclination 85.0°
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 85.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.0°N and 85.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 11 monthsOBJECT E’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Dec 2022
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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