CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1323
TK-1
TK-1 (NORAD 42061) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 2023, after 6 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42061
International designator
2017-012A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
2 Mar 2017Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 4 months2,318 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
CCMETA
Built by
CCMETA
Bus
TK-1
Programme
Tiankun
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 4 monthsTK-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Jul 2023
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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