CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2029
OBJECT M
OBJECT M (NORAD 55259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 2024, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55259
International designator
2023-007M
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
15 Jan 2023Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months691 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, 10 monthsOBJECT M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Dec 2024
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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