CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0577
TIANHUI 1
TIANHUI 1 (NORAD 36985) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2025 over the Southern Ocean, after 14 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
36985
International designator
2010-040A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
24 Aug 2010Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2025Recorded time 14:05 UTC
Time in orbit
14 years, 6 months5,317 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1,000 kg
Operator
G. Cehui dili
Built by
DFH
Bus
CAST-2000?
Programme
TH-1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 82.0°S, 45.0°E at 14:05 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 6 monthsTIANHUI 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Mar 2025
5 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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