CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0092
SILKROAD 1
SILKROAD 1 (NORAD 42903) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 2019, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42903
International designator
2017-021F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
20 Apr 2017Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months721 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.8°N to 42.8°SFinal inclination 42.8°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Xi'an Survey
Built by
Hangtian Henxing
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
XCYS
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 42.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.8°N and 42.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsSILKROAD 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Apr 2019
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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