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Entry no.
2002-0070
DUMMY MASS
DUMMY MASS (NORAD 23009) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2002, after 7 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23009
International designator
1994-010B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
8 Feb 1994Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 11 months2,921 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.3°N to 28.3°SFinal inclination 28.3°
Mass
1,342 kg
Operator
CASC
Built by
CAST
Bus
DFH-3
Programme
DFH-3
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 28.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.3°N and 28.3°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 11 monthsDUMMY MASS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 2002
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1994-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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