CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0040
JB-3 B
JB-3 B (NORAD 27550) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 2015, after 12 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27550
International designator
2002-049A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
27 Oct 2002Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 2 months4,470 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
1,450 kg
Operator
PLA GAD
Built by
CAST
Bus
ZY
Programme
ZY2
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 2 monthsJB-3 B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Jan 2015
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2002-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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