CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0173
LX-1
LX-1 (NORAD 41733) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 August 2016, after 4 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41733
International designator
2016-051C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
15 Aug 2016Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Aug 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 days4 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
120 kg
Operator
CAS IOM
Built by
SECM
Programme
CAS
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
4 daysFrom the same launch
2016-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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