CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0565
TIANTUO 1
TIANTUO 1 (NORAD 38258) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 November 2014, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38258
International designator
2012-021B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
10 May 2012Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Nov 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months907 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
9 kg
Operator
NUDT Changsha
Built by
NUDT Changsha
Bus
TT1
Programme
Tiantuo
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, 5 monthsTIANTUO 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Nov 2014
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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