CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0131
YAOGAN 18
YAOGAN 18 (NORAD 39363) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 April 2021 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 7 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39363
International designator
2013-059A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
29 Oct 2013Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Apr 2021Recorded time 00:35 UTC
Time in orbit
7 years, 5 months2,717 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
PLA GAD
Built by
SAST
Bus
JB-7
Programme
JB-7
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 44.0°S, 28.0°W at 00:35 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 5 monthsYAOGAN 18’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Apr 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
2013-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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