CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0163
SJ-8
SJ-8 (NORAD 29385) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 November 2006, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29385
International designator
2006-035A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Sep 2006Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Nov 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month53 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
China Aerospace
Built by
CAST
Bus
FSW-1
Programme
FSW SEEDS
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 monthSJ-8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2006-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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