CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0090
ZDPS 2A
ZDPS 2A (NORAD 40901) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 2024, after 8 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40901
International designator
2015-049C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 4 months3,044 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, 4 monthsZDPS 2A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jan 2024
18 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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