RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
OBJECT M
OBJECT M (NORAD 57015) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 January 2026, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
57015
International designator
2023-085M
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
15 Jun 2023Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months939 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 6 monthsOBJECT M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2023-085
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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