CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0428
HJ-1C
HJ-1C (NORAD 38997) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 March 2023, after 10 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38997
International designator
2012-064A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
18 Nov 2012Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 3 months3,755 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
890 kg
Operator
CRESDA
Built by
DFH
Bus
CAST-968B
Programme
HJ-1
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 3 monthsHJ-1C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Mar 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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