CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1108
OBJECT A
OBJECT A (NORAD 49812) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 August 2024, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49812
International designator
2021-117A
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
7 Dec 2021Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months969 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
2 years, 7 monthsOBJECT A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Aug 2024
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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