CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0517
Tianqi Xingzuo 1-04
Tianqi-4A
Tianqi Xingzuo 1-04 (NORAD 44842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 2024, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
44842
International designator
2019-087E
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
OBJECT EListed as an unidentified object
Country
China
Launched
7 Dec 2019Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,594 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
Guodian Gaokeji
Built by
GUOG?
Bus
Cubesat 6U?
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
4 years, 4 monthsTianqi Xingzuo 1-04’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 2024
17 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2024-0517
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2024-0517
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.