CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1815
SZ-16
SZ-16 (NORAD 56761) landed after a space station visit on 31 October 2023, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56761
International designator
2023-077A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
30 May 2023Jiuquan
Landed (UTC)
31 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months154 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
41.5°N to 41.5°SFinal inclination 41.5°
Mass
3,258 kg
Operator
CMSEO
Built by
CALT
Bus
Shenzhou
Programme
Shenzhou
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 41.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 41.5°N and 41.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsSZ-16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Oct 2023
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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