CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0188
BANXING-2
BANXING-2 (NORAD 41834) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 July 2019, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41834
International designator
2016-057H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
15 Sep 2016Jiuquan
Released from
Tiangong-2
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jul 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,033 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.7°N to 42.7°SFinal inclination 42.7°
Mass
47 kg
Operator
CMSEO?
Built by
SECM
Programme
Shenzhou SS
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 42.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.7°N and 42.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsBANXING-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2016-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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