CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0212
AX-1
AX-1 (NORAD 41625) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 2016, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41625
International designator
2016-042B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
25 Jun 2016Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months96 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.8°N to 40.8°SFinal inclination 40.8°
Mass
18 kg
Operator
SELM
Built by
SELM
Bus
Cubesat 12U
Programme
NWPU
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 40.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.8°N and 40.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsAX-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Sep 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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