CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0178
SZ-6 MODULE
SZ-6 MODULE (NORAD 28883) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 April 2008, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28883
International designator
2005-040E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
12 Oct 2005Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Apr 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months902 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.4°N to 42.4°SFinal inclination 42.4°
Mass
1,700 kg
Operator
CMSEO
Built by
CALT?
Bus
Shenzhou OM
Programme
Shenzhou OM
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 42.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.4°N and 42.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsSZ-6 MODULE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Apr 2008
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2005-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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