CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2173
OBJECT M
OBJECT M (NORAD 59109) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 2024, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
59109
International designator
2024-043M
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
4 Mar 2024Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months295 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
9 monthsOBJECT M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Dec 2024
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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