CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0471
OBJECT M
OBJECT M (NORAD 43842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 2024, after 5 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43842
International designator
2018-102M
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
7 Dec 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 4 months1,952 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
5 years, 4 monthsOBJECT M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Apr 2024
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-102
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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