CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0316
SJ-2B
SJ-2B (NORAD 12845) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 August 1982, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12845
International designator
1981-093D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 1981Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Aug 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months332 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.4°N to 59.4°SFinal inclination 59.4°
Mass
257 kg
Operator
7th Machine Bld.
Built by
CAST
Bus
SJ-2
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
10 monthsSJ-2B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Aug 1982
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-093
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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