CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0026
FSW-1 5 CAPSULE
FSW-1 5 CAPSULE (NORAD 22870) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 1996, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22870
International designator
1993-063H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
8 Oct 1993Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months886 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.4°N to 56.4°SFinal inclination 56.4°
Mass
534 kg
Operator
CASC
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW RV
Programme
FSW RV
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 56.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.4°N and 56.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsFSW-1 5 CAPSULE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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