CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1177
OBJECT B
OBJECT B (NORAD 48841) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 August 2024, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48841
International designator
2021-050B
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
11 Jun 2021Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,159 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
3 years, 2 monthsOBJECT B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Aug 2024
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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