CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1316
XIAOXIANG 1
XIAOXIANG 1 (NORAD 41842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 August 2024, after 7 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41842
International designator
2016-066B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Nov 2016Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 9 months2,850 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 9 monthsXIAOXIANG 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Aug 2024
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2016-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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