CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0395
OBJECT AV
OBJECT AV (NORAD 43801) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2025, after 6 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43801
International designator
2018-099AV
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
3 Dec 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 2 months2,272 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
6 years, 2 monthsOBJECT AV’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 2025
24 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-099
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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