CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0296
QQW-2
QQW-2 (NORAD 20790) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 July 1991, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20790
International designator
1990-081C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jul 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months324 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsQQW-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jul 1991
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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