CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0473
JSSW-3
JSSW-3 (NORAD 9394) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 November 1978, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9394
International designator
1976-087A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
30 Aug 1976Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Nov 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months817 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.1°N to 69.1°SFinal inclination 69.1°
Mass
1,108 kg
Operator
7th Machine Bld.
Built by
CAST
Bus
JSSW
Programme
JSSW
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 69.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.1°N and 69.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsJSSW-3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Nov 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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