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Entry no.
2024-0311

PUJIANG 1 (PJ-1)

PUJIANG 1 (PJ-1) (NORAD 40925) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 2024, after 8 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
40925
International designator
2015-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
25 Sep 2015Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 5 months3,087 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
347 kg
Operator
SAST
Built by
SAST / SISE
Bus
PJ
Programme
Pujiang

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.

Life in orbit

8 years, 5 months

PUJIANG 1 (PJ-1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 8 Mar 2024

2 entries
2024-0312STARLINK-17472024-0313ISS DEB (EP BATTERY)

From the same launch

2015-051
2015-0391CZ-11 R/B2021-0067TIANWANG 1C (TW-1C)2021-0116TIANWANG 1B (TW-1B)2022-2492TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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