Payload
TIANQI-8
DecayedPayloadLEO
TIANQI-8 is a Hubei University of Technology (HUT) payload satellite, launched on December 22, 2020 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 22, 2020 at 04:37 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 8 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- XJY-7 & others
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 194 km
- Periapsis
- 177 km
- Inclination
- 97.42°
- Orbital period
- 88.21 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Hubei University of Technology (HUT)
- Manufacturer
- Hubei University of Technology (HUT)/Spacety
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 39 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-102D
- NORAD catalog №
- 47299
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 14, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 14, 2024
- Time in service
- 3.5 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed