CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0259
BX-1
BX-1 (NORAD 33392) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 October 2009, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
33392
International designator
2008-047G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
25 Sep 2008Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month399 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.4°N to 42.4°SFinal inclination 42.4°
Mass
40 kg
Operator
CMSEO?
Built by
SECM
Programme
Shenzhou SS
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
1 year, 1 monthBX-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Oct 2009
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2008-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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