CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0203
FSW-1 5
FSW-1 5 (NORAD 22859) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 1993, after 20 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22859
International designator
1993-063A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
8 Oct 1993Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 days20 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.9°N to 56.9°SFinal inclination 56.9°
Mass
1,300 kg
Operator
CASC
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW-1
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 56.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.9°N and 56.9°S.
Life in orbit
20 daysFSW-1 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Oct 1993
1 entryFrom the same launch
1993-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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