CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1588
TIANZHOU 5
TIANZHOU 5 (NORAD 54237) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 12 September 2023, after 10 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
54237
International designator
2022-152A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
12 Nov 2022Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months304 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
8,178 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
10 monthsTIANZHOU 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Sep 2023
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-152
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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