CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2123
OBJECT Q
OBJECT Q (NORAD 56860) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 2024, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56860
International designator
2023-081Q
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
7 Jun 2023Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months560 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, 6 monthsOBJECT Q’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Dec 2024
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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