CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1863
PINA 2B
PINA 2B (NORAD 41844) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 November 2023, after 7 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41844
International designator
2016-066D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Nov 2016Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years2,557 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
30 kg
Operator
DFH
Built by
DFH
Bus
Pina-2
Programme
Pina
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 yearsPINA 2B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with PINA 2B
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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