CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0858
TIANQI-8
TIANQI-8 (NORAD 47299) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 June 2024, after 3 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47299
International designator
2020-102D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
22 Dec 2020Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jun 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 5 months1,270 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 5 monthsTIANQI-8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jun 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-102
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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