CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0769
Taiyuan
BY70-03
Taiyuan (NORAD 46839) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2023, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
46839
International designator
2020-079N
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT NListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
6 Nov 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months883 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
30 kg
Operator
CAST
Built by
CAST
Bus
Cubesat 12U?
Programme
Bayi
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsTaiyuan’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2023
21 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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