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Entry no.
2023-0682

TIANXING-1

TIANXING-1 (NORAD 52901) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 2023, after 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
52901
International designator
2022-066A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
22 Jun 2022Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months280 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.3°N to 83.3°SFinal inclination 96.7°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
CAS IOM
Built by
CAS IOM
Bus
Tianxing
Programme
CAS

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 96.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.3°N and 83.3°S.

Life in orbit

9 months

TIANXING-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with TIANXING-1

10 entries
2023-0683CZ-2D R/B2023-0679NUDT-PHONESAT2023-0680FLOCK 3P 742023-0681FLOCK 3M 22023-0676FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-0677IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-0678DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-0684CZ-6A DEB2023-0685FALCON 9 DEB2023-0686FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2022-066
2022-1428KZ-1A R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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