CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0204
FSW-2 3
FSW-2 3 (NORAD 24634) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 1996, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24634
International designator
1996-059A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
20 Oct 1996Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month44 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
Mass
1,920 kg
Operator
CASC
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW
Programme
FSW2
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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthFSW-2 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 1996
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1996-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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