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Entry no.
2025-0254

TIANTUO 2

TIANTUO 2 (NORAD 40144) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 2025, after 10 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
40144
International designator
2014-053B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
8 Sep 2014Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 4 months3,799 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
67 kg
Operator
NUDT Changsha
Built by
NUDT Changsha
Bus
TT2
Programme
Tiantuo

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.

Life in orbit

10 years, 4 months

TIANTUO 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 1 Feb 2025

9 entries
2025-0257STARLINK-20512025-0258STARLINK-20542025-0259STARLINK-21822025-0260STARLINK-22902025-0261STARLINK-27372025-0262VCUB12025-0263CZ-6A DEB2025-0255OBJECT G2025-0256OBJECT J

From the same launch

2014-053
2014-0526CZ-4B R/BIn orbitJianbing-10 03 xing
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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