CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0397
Tianyi-16
Tianyi-16 (NORAD 44840) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 March 2024, after 4 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
44840
International designator
2019-087C
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT CListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
7 Dec 2019Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 3 months1,573 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
SpaceTy
Built by
SpaceTy
Bus
Cubesat 6U
Programme
Tianyi
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
4 years, 3 monthsTianyi-16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Mar 2024
28 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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