CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1609
TIANPING 1A
TIANPING 1A (NORAD 43712) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 2024, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43712
International designator
2018-094C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Nov 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,150 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
10 kg
Operator
Guoxing
Built by
DFH Shenzhen
Bus
Pina
Programme
Tianping
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 10 monthsTIANPING 1A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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