CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1502
KZ-1A R/B
KZ-1A R/B (NORAD 44521) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 2023 over North America, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44521
International designator
2019-058C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
30 Aug 2019Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 2023Recorded time 04:36 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,451 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
50 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 51.0°N, 86.0°W at 04:36 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 11 monthsKZ-1A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2019-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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