Payload
TIANHUI 1
DecayedPayloadLEO
TIANHUI 1 is a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) payload satellite, launched on August 24, 2010 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 24, 2010 at 07:10 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 140 km
- Periapsis
- 132 km
- Inclination
- 97.52°
- Orbital period
- 87.2 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)
- Manufacturer
- DFHÊSatelliteÊCo.ÊLtd.
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-040A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36985
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 3.011 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 15, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 15, 2025
- Time in service
- 14.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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