CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0021
BY70-1
BY70-1 (NORAD 41909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 February 2017, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41909
International designator
2016-083C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
28 Dec 2016Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Feb 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month52 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
Bayi School / CAST IX Center
Built by
Ling Zhong / CAST IX Center
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Bayi
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthBY70-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2016-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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