CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1387
PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 3
PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 3 (NORAD 58573) landed on 6 September 2024, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
58573
International designator
2023-195A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
14 Dec 2023Jiuquan
Landed (UTC)
6 Sep 2024Recorded time 01:10 UTC
Time in orbit
8 months267 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
50.0°N to 50.0°SFinal inclination 50.0°
Mass
8,000 kg
Operator
PLA SSF
Built by
CAST
Bus
CSSHQ
Programme
CSSHQ
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 50.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.0°N and 50.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsPRC TEST SPACECRAFT 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Sep 2024
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-195
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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