CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0227
HEAD-2B
HEAD-2B (NORAD 44839) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 2024, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
44839
International designator
2019-087B
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT BListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
7 Dec 2019Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,532 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
45 kg
Operator
HEAD
Built by
Lizheng Sat / SAST
Bus
HEAD-1
Programme
HEAD
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsHEAD-2B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Feb 2024
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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