CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0107
KAITUO 1B
KAITUO 1B (NORAD 40912) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2024, after 8 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40912
International designator
2015-049P
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 4 months3,046 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
CAMSAT / DFH Shenzhen
Built by
DFH Shenzhen
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Shenzhen
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 monthsKAITUO 1B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Jan 2024
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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