CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0779
OBJECT A
OBJECT A (NORAD 40899) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 2025, after 9 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40899
International designator
2015-049A
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 6 months3,493 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 years, 6 monthsOBJECT A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 2025
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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