CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0154
DOUBLESTAR (TC-1)
DOUBLESTAR (TC-1) (NORAD 28140) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 October 2007, after 3 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28140
International designator
2003-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
29 Dec 2003Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Oct 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 9 months1,385 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
18.9°N to 18.9°SFinal inclination 18.9°
Mass
350 kg
Operator
China Aerospace
Built by
DFH
Bus
CAST-968
Programme
DbleStar
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 18.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 18.9°N and 18.9°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 9 monthsDOUBLESTAR (TC-1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Oct 2007
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2003-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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