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Entry no.
2023-0302

Zhixing 3A

Zhixing 3A (NORAD 54245) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 February 2023, after 9 months in orbit.

Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
54245
International designator
2022-050E
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT EListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
9 May 2022Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months279 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
41.5°N to 41.5°SFinal inclination 41.5°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
SMART
Built by
SMART
Bus
Cubesat 6U ?
Programme
Zhixing

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

9 months

Zhixing 3A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 12 Feb 2023

6 entries
2023-0298FLOCK 3P 432023-0299CP-7 DAVE2023-0296OV1-5 DEB2023-0297COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-0300CZ-4B DEB2023-0301COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2022-050
2022-1176OBJECT C2022-1251CZ-7 R/B2022-1279OBJECT B2022-2233TIANZHOU 4
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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