CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1837
TIANQI-11
TIANQI-11 (NORAD 46904) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 November 2023, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46904
International designator
2020-080A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
7 Nov 2020Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,093 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
40 kg
Operator
Guodian Gaokeji
Built by
Shanghai ASES
Bus
StarLightB
Programme
Tianqi
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsTIANQI-11’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Nov 2023
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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