CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0686
XY S 1
XY S 1 (NORAD 41913) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 2024, after 7 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41913
International designator
2017-002A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Jan 2017Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 4 months2,683 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Xingyun
Built by
Sanjiang
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Xingyun
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 4 monthsXY S 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 May 2024
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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