CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0834
TIANTUO 5
TIANTUO 5 (NORAD 46234) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2025, after 4 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46234
International designator
2020-058C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
23 Aug 2020Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 7 months1,700 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
20 kg
Operator
NUDT Changsha
Built by
NUDT Changsha
Bus
TT2
Programme
Tiantuo
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
4 years, 7 monthsTIANTUO 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Apr 2025
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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