CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1018
ZHOU ENLAI
ZHOU ENLAI (NORAD 43156) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 2024, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43156
International designator
2018-008B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Jan 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,370 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Huai'an / NJUST
Built by
Ling Zhong
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
NJUST
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
6 years, 5 monthsZHOU ENLAI’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jul 2024
1 entryFrom the same launch
2018-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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