CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0114
QQW-1
QQW-1 (NORAD 20789) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 March 1991, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20789
International designator
1990-081B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Mar 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months189 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 99.1°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
MAI
Built by
SISE?
Bus
QQW
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 99.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.9°N and 80.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsQQW-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Mar 1991
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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