CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1156
XPNAV-1
XPNAV-1 (NORAD 41841) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 June 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 8 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41841
International designator
2016-066A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Nov 2016Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jun 2025Recorded time 12:29 UTC
Time in orbit
8 years, 7 months3,136 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
240 kg
Operator
CAST
Built by
DFH Shenzhen
Bus
XPNAV
Programme
CAS
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 15.0°S, 116.0°E at 12:29 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 7 monthsXPNAV-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2016-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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