CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0476
FSW-1 3
FSW-1 3 (NORAD 20838) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 1990, after 18 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20838
International designator
1990-089A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
5 Oct 1990Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 days18 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
57.0°N to 57.0°SFinal inclination 57.0°
Mass
1,280 kg
Operator
MAI
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW
Programme
FSW1
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 57.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 57.0°N and 57.0°S.
Life in orbit
18 daysFSW-1 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Oct 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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