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Entry no.
2022-2492

TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A)

TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A) (NORAD 40928) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 2022, after 7 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
40928
International designator
2015-051D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
25 Sep 2015Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 3 months2,653 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
2 kg
Operator
Shangkeda
Built by
Shangkeda / SECM
Bus
Cubesat 2U
Programme
SECM

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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.

Life in orbit

7 years, 3 months

TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 30 Dec 2022

5 entries
2022-2493FLOCK 3P 272022-2494TDO SPACECRAFT2022-2495COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-2496COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-2497H-2A DEB

From the same launch

2015-051
2015-0391CZ-11 R/B2021-0067TIANWANG 1C (TW-1C)2021-0116TIANWANG 1B (TW-1B)2024-0311PUJIANG 1 (PJ-1)
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