CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0176
Jinta
Jinta (NORAD 56159) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2024, after 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
56159
International designator
2023-049A
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT AListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
2 Apr 2023Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months311 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
Hangsheng
Built by
Hangsheng
Bus
Cubesat 4U
Programme
Hangsheng
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
10 monthsJinta’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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