CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1818
HEAD-2A
HEAD-2A (NORAD 44838) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 November 2023, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
44838
International designator
2019-087A
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT AListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
7 Dec 2019Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,425 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
45 kg
Operator
HEAD
Built by
Lizheng Sat / SAST
Bus
HEAD-1
Programme
HEAD
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
3 years, 10 monthsHEAD-2A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Nov 2023
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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