CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1980
OBJECT C
OBJECT C (NORAD 52946) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 December 2023 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52946
International designator
2022-074C
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 2022Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Dec 2023Recorded time 09:11 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months523 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
200 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 45.0°S, 128.0°E at 09:11 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsOBJECT C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Dec 2023
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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