CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0485
SJ-2
SJ-2 (NORAD 12842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 September 1981, after 7 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12842
International designator
1981-093A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 1981Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Sep 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 days7 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.4°N to 59.4°SFinal inclination 59.4°
Mass
28 kg
Operator
7th Machine Bld.
Built by
CAST
Bus
SJ-2 subsat
Programme
SJ
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 59.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.4°N and 59.4°S.
Life in orbit
7 daysAlso ended on 26 Sep 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-093
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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