CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1700
KAIDUN 1
KAIDUN 1 (NORAD 41915) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 November 2025, after 8 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41915
International designator
2017-002C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Jan 2017Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Nov 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 9 months3,220 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
Caton Univ. Tech
Built by
NJUST
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
Caton
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 9 monthsKAIDUN 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Nov 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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