CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0176
FSW-3 3
FSW-3 3 (NORAD 28424) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 November 2004, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28424
International designator
2004-039A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
27 Sep 2004Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Nov 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month43 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
Mass
1,260 kg
Operator
CNSA
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW
Programme
FSW4
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-3 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2004-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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