CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2233
TIANZHOU 4
TIANZHOU 4 (NORAD 52509) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 14 November 2022, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
52509
International designator
2022-050A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
9 May 2022Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months189 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
8,400 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
6 monthsTIANZHOU 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 2022
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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