CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0452
TIANHUI 1 DEB
TIANHUI 1 DEB (NORAD 38268) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 2015.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38268
International designator
2010-040C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
24 Aug 2010Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 2015UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 3 months1,929 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
TIANHUI 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Dec 2015
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2010-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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