CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0152
TIANZHOU 1
TIANZHOU 1 (NORAD 42684) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 22 September 2017, after 5 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
42684
International designator
2017-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
20 Apr 2017Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months155 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
42.8°N to 42.8°SFinal inclination 42.8°
Mass
12,910 kg
Operator
CMSEO
Built by
CAST
Bus
Tianzhou
Programme
Tianzhou
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 42.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.8°N and 42.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsTIANZHOU 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Sep 2017
1 entryFrom the same launch
2017-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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