RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
Jiaotong-5
HEAD-2H
Jiaotong-5 (NORAD 54691) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 2026, after 3 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
54691
International designator
2022-167K
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT KListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
9 Dec 2022Yellow Sea (sea launch)
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 5 months1,254 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
40 kg
Operator
HEAD
Built by
IMI/CAS
Bus
WN100
Programme
HEAD
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 5 monthsJiaotong-5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with Jiaotong-5
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1672023-1691OBJECT B2024-1746OBJECT A2024-1791OBJECT G2024-1974OBJECT M2025-0552Fengtai Shaonian 22025-1123Jilin-1 Pingtai 01A01PendingOBJECT FIn orbitJilin-1 GaoFen 03D-45In orbitJilin-1 GaoFen 03D-44In orbitJilin-1 GaoFen 03D-46In orbitJilin-1 GaoFen 03D-50In orbitJilin-1 GaoFen 03D-47In orbitJilin-1 GaoFen 03D-49
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