CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1237
BY70-2
BY70-2 (NORAD 45857) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 August 2024, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45857
International designator
2020-042B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
3 Jul 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,508 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
Bayi School / CAST IX Center
Built by
Ling Zhong / CAST IX Center
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Bayi
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthBY70-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Aug 2024
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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