CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2158
TIANHUI 1-02 DEB
TIANHUI 1-02 DEB (NORAD 38270) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 November 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38270
International designator
2012-020C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
6 May 2012Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 5 months3,831 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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
TIANHUI 1-02 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Nov 2022
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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