CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0357
OBJECT J
OBJECT J (NORAD 55256) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 2024, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55256
International designator
2023-007J
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
15 Jan 2023Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months430 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 year, 2 monthsOBJECT J’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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