CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1261
XIAOXIANG 2
XIAOXIANG 2 (NORAD 43155) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 August 2024, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43155
International designator
2018-008A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Jan 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,407 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
SpaceTy
Built by
SpaceTy
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Tianyi
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, 7 monthsXIAOXIANG 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Aug 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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