RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3D 31
JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3D 31 (NORAD 52448) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 August 2026, after 4 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52448
International designator
2022-048F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
5 May 2022Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Aug 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 3 months1,555 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
42 kg
Operator
Chang Guang
Built by
Chang Guang
Bus
JL-1
Programme
Jilin-1 GF
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 3 monthsJILIN-01 GAOFEN 3D 31’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Aug 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-048
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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