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Entry no.
2022-0673

TIANZHOU 2

TIANZHOU 2 (NORAD 48803) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 31 March 2022, after 10 months in orbit.

Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
48803
International designator
2021-046A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
29 May 2021Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months306 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
41.5°N to 41.5°SFinal inclination 41.5°
Mass
7,810 kg
Operator
CMSEO
Built by
CAST
Bus
Tianzhou
Programme
Tianzhou

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 41.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 41.5°N and 41.5°S.

Life in orbit

10 months

TIANZHOU 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 31 Mar 2022

8 entries
2022-0672FALCON 9 DEB2022-0674COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0675COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0676COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0677COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0678COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0679COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0680COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2021-046
2021-0212CZ-7 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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