CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1112
OBJECT D
OBJECT D (NORAD 48251) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 August 2024, after 3 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48251
International designator
2021-033D
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
27 Apr 2021Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 3 months1,194 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 3 monthsOBJECT D’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Aug 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-033
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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