CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0266
XINYAN 1 (XY-1)
XINYAN 1 (XY-1) (NORAD 38999) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 2019, after 6 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38999
International designator
2012-064C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
18 Nov 2012Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 10 months2,512 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
130 kg
Operator
China Aerospace / DFH Shenzhen
Built by
DFH Shenzhen
Bus
Micro
Programme
Shenzhen
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 10 monthsXINYAN 1 (XY-1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2012-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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