CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1623
TIANZHOU 3
TIANZHOU 3 (NORAD 49222) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 27 July 2022, after 10 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
49222
International designator
2021-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
20 Sep 2021Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months310 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
7,220 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 41.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 41.5°N and 41.5°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsTIANZHOU 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jul 2022
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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