CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1354
LONGXIA YAN 1
LONGXIA YAN 1 (NORAD 45940) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 July 2023, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45940
International designator
2020-051B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
25 Jul 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,085 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
NJU / Hong Kong Univ.
Built by
Shanghai ASES
Bus
StarLigthB
Programme
NJU
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsLONGXIA YAN 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jul 2023
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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