CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1058
JINZIJING 5 (GB 5)
JINZIJING 5 (GB 5) (NORAD 49816) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 2023, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49816
International designator
2021-117E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
7 Dec 2021Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months524 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
HKATG
Built by
Zhongke Xingrui
Bus
Zhongke
Programme
Bauhinia
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
1 year, 5 monthsJINZIJING 5 (GB 5)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2021-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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