CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1348
XJS C
XJS C (NORAD 45249) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 July 2023, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45249
International designator
2020-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Feb 2020Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,240 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.0°N to 35.0°SFinal inclination 35.0°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
SAST
Built by
SAST
Programme
XJS
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 35.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.0°N and 35.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsXJS C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2020-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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