CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0424
FSW-0 8
FSW-0 8 (NORAD 17001) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 1986, after 17 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17001
International designator
1986-076A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
6 Oct 1986Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.9°N to 56.9°SFinal inclination 56.9°
Mass
1,080 kg
Operator
MAI
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW
Programme
FSW0
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 56.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.9°N and 56.9°S.
Life in orbit
17 daysAlso ended on 23 Oct 1986
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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