CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1457
LJ-1 Payload A3
LJ-1 Payload A3 (NORAD 56856) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 2025, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
56856
International designator
2023-081L
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT LListed as an unidentified object
Country
Not recorded
Launched
7 Jun 2023Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months822 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
80 kg
Operator
China Aerospace
Built by
SECM?
Programme
SW22
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsLJ-1 Payload A3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Sep 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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