CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0002
OBJECT A
OBJECT A (NORAD 51824) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 January 2026, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51824
International designator
2022-019A
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
27 Feb 2022Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,404 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
3 years, 10 monthsOBJECT A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jan 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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