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Entry no.
2024-1110

XINGSHIDAI-16

XINGSHIDAI-16 (NORAD 57421) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 August 2024, after 1 year in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
57421
International designator
2023-103A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
22 Jul 2023Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year377 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.4°N to 83.4°SFinal inclination 96.6°
Mass
25 kg
Operator
Guoxing
Built by
MinoSpace / Guoxing
Bus
XSD
Programme
Xingshidai

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 96.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.4°N and 83.4°S.

Life in orbit

1 year

XINGSHIDAI-16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Aug 2024

9 entries
2024-1105Tianqi Xingzuo 1-052024-1106STARLINK-14092024-1107STARLINK-24962024-1109RECURVE2024-1102COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-1103FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-1104FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-1111RESURS P1 DEB2024-1108OBJECT A

From the same launch

2023-103
2024-1815CERES-1 R/BIn orbitQiankun-1
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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