CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0393
XW-2C
XW-2C (NORAD 40906) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2025, after 9 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40906
International designator
2015-049H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Sep 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 5 months3,443 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
CAMSAT
Built by
DFH Shenzhen
Bus
XW2B
Programme
XW
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
9 years, 5 monthsXW-2C’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 2025
24 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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