CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1964
Beihang kongshi 1
Tianyi-20
Beihang kongshi 1 (NORAD 46838) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 2023, after 3 years in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
46838
International designator
2020-079M
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT MListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
6 Nov 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,124 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
Beihang
Built by
SpaceTy
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
BUAA
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsBeihang kongshi 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Dec 2023
12 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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