CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-2056
ZDPS 2B
ZDPS 2B (NORAD 40902) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 December 2023, after 8 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40902
International designator
2015-049D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 3 months3,021 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
12 kg
Operator
Zhejiang U.
Built by
Zhejiang U.
Programme
ZDPS
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 3 monthsZDPS 2B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Dec 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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