CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0197
OBJECT K
OBJECT K (NORAD 55257) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 January 2025, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55257
International designator
2023-007K
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
15 Jan 2023Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years740 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 yearsOBJECT K’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jan 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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