CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1572
TIANZHI 1
TIANZHI 1 (NORAD 43710) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 2025, after 6 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43710
International designator
2018-094A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
19 Nov 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 10 months2,512 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
27 kg
Operator
Inst. Software
Built by
IMI/CAS
Bus
TZ-1
Programme
Tianzhi
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 10 monthsTIANZHI 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Oct 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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