CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0317
SZ-12
SZ-12 (NORAD 48852) landed after a space station visit on 17 September 2021, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48852
International designator
2021-053A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
17 Jun 2021Jiuquan
Landed (UTC)
17 Sep 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months92 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
41.5°N to 41.5°SFinal inclination 41.5°
Mass
3,240 kg
Operator
CMSEO
Built by
CALT
Bus
Shenzhou
Programme
Shenzhou
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 41.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 41.5°N and 41.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsSZ-12’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2021-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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