CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1491
Zhaojin-1
TY-4-02
Zhaojin-1 (NORAD 43663) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 2024, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
43663
International designator
2018-083B
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT BListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
29 Oct 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,153 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
Tsinghua
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
5 years, 10 monthsZhaojin-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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