CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0411
YAOGAN 13
YAOGAN 13 (NORAD 37941) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 February 2025, after 13 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37941
International designator
2011-072A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
29 Nov 2011Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Feb 2025Recorded time 16:57 UTC
Time in orbit
13 years, 2 months4,834 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
PLA GAD
Built by
SAST
Bus
JB-7
Programme
JB-7
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 2 monthsYAOGAN 13’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Feb 2025
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2011-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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