CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1558
OBJECT Q
OBJECT Q (NORAD 57018) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2025, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
57018
International designator
2023-085Q
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
15 Jun 2023Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months840 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
2 years, 3 monthsOBJECT Q’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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