CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0036
TX 1
TX 1 (NORAD 37874) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2016, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37874
International designator
2011-066A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 Nov 2011Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,551 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
58 kg
Operator
NUAA
Built by
NUAA
Bus
TX11
Programme
NUAA
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
4 years, 2 monthsTX 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2011-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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