CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1916
Xingshidai 5
Xingshidai 5 (NORAD 44488) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 November 2024, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
44488
International designator
2019-052C
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT CListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
17 Aug 2019Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,921 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
20 kg
Operator
Guoxing
Built by
MinoSpace
Bus
MN10
Programme
Xingshidai
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 3 monthsXingshidai 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Nov 2024
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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