CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0911
XW-2A
XW-2A (NORAD 40903) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 April 2023, after 7 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40903
International designator
2015-049E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 7 months2,775 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
25 kg
Operator
CAMSAT
Built by
CAMSAT
Bus
XW2A
Programme
XW
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
7 years, 7 monthsXW-2A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Apr 2023
23 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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