CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1453
OBJECT K
OBJECT K (NORAD 61236) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 2025, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
61236
International designator
2024-173K
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
24 Sep 2024Yellow Sea (sea launch)
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months346 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
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
11 monthsOBJECT K’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Sep 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-173
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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