CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1427
SHAONIAN XING
SHAONIAN XING (NORAD 43199) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 August 2023, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43199
International designator
2018-015H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
2 Feb 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months2,006 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Shaonian Xing / Beijing TWK
Built by
Shaonian Xing / Beijing TWK
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
BTWK
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 5 monthsSHAONIAN XING’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Aug 2023
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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