CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1844
KZ-1A R/B
KZ-1A R/B (NORAD 53942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2023 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53942
International designator
2022-118C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
24 Sep 2022Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2023Recorded time 21:47 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month408 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
50 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 21.0°N, 34.0°W at 21:47 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthKZ-1A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with KZ-1A R/B
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-118
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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