CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0451
XW-2F
XW-2F (NORAD 40910) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 2024, after 8 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40910
International designator
2015-049M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 6 months3,125 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
CAMSAT
Built by
DFH Shenzhen
Bus
XW2E
Programme
XW
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, 6 monthsXW-2F’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Apr 2024
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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