CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0267
OBJECT C
OBJECT C (NORAD 48842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 2024, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48842
International designator
2021-050C
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
11 Jun 2021Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months991 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
2 years, 8 monthsOBJECT C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 2024
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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