CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1528
TIANHUI 1-03
TIANHUI 1-03 (NORAD 40988) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 2025, after 9 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40988
International designator
2015-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
26 Oct 2015Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 10 months3,622 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 10 monthsTIANHUI 1-03’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 2025
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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