CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1961
Shiyan 15
Shiyan 15 (NORAD 53885) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 November 2024, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
53885
International designator
2022-118B
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT BListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
24 Sep 2022Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months794 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
100 kg
Operator
SAST
Built by
SAST
Programme
SW14
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
2 years, 2 monthsShiyan 15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Nov 2024
17 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-118
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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