CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1969
QUANTUTONG 1
QUANTUTONG 1 (NORAD 43158) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 November 2024, after 6 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43158
International designator
2018-008D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Jan 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Nov 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 26 Nov 2024
Time in orbit
6 years, 10 months2,504 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
QuanTuTong
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 10 monthsQUANTUTONG 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Nov 2024
12 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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