CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0063
TIANGONG 1
TIANGONG 1 (NORAD 37820) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 2018 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 6 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37820
International designator
2011-053A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
29 Sep 2011Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 2018Recorded time 00:16 UTC
Time in orbit
6 years, 6 months2,377 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.7°N to 42.7°SFinal inclination 42.7°
Mass
8,500 kg
Operator
PLA GAD
Built by
CAST
Bus
Tiangong
Programme
Tiangong
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 13.6°S, 164.3°W at 00:16 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 42.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.7°N and 42.7°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 6 monthsTIANGONG 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2011-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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