CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0185
OBJECT AJ
OBJECT AJ (NORAD 52426) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 2025, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52426
International designator
2022-047AJ
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
2 May 2022Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months996 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
2 years, 8 monthsOBJECT AJ’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with OBJECT AJ
12 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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