RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
OBJECT X
OBJECT X (NORAD 43897) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 2026, after 7 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43897
International designator
2018-111X
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
27 Dec 2018Vostochny Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 1 month2,601 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 1 monthOBJECT X’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 2026
1 entryFrom the same launch
2018-111
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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