CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1881
OBJECT AK
OBJECT AK (NORAD 52427) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 2023, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52427
International designator
2022-047AK
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
2 May 2022Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months561 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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
1 year, 6 monthsOBJECT AK’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 2023
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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