CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0156
OBJECT A
OBJECT A (NORAD 55248) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 2024, after 1 year in orbit.
Official dateDate disputed
NORAD number
55248
International designator
2023-007A
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
15 Jan 2023Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 2024UTC calendar dayThe records disagree on this date
Time in orbit
1 year382 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearOBJECT A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2023-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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