CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0679
NUDT-PHONESAT
NUDT-PHONESAT (NORAD 40900) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 2023, after 7 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40900
International designator
2015-049B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 6 months2,748 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
NUDT Changsha / CAMSAT
Built by
NUDT Changsha
Bus
NUDT
Programme
NUDT
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 6 monthsNUDT-PHONESAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with NUDT-PHONESAT
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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