CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1181
YAOGAN 6
YAOGAN 6 (NORAD 34839) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 June 2025 over the Southern Ocean, after 16 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
34839
International designator
2009-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
22 Apr 2009Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jun 2025Recorded time 07:25 UTC
Time in orbit
16 years, 1 month5,900 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
PLA GAD
Built by
SAST
Bus
JB-7
Programme
JB-7
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 82.0°S, 161.0°W at 07:25 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 1 monthYAOGAN 6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jun 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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