Payload
TIANTUO 5
DecayedPayloadLEO
TIANTUO 5 is a Academy of Military Science payload satellite, launched on August 23, 2020 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 23, 2020 at 02:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Gaofen-9-05
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 175 km
- Periapsis
- 157 km
- Inclination
- 97.23°
- Orbital period
- 87.81 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Academy of Military Science
- Manufacturer
- Academy of Military Science
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 20 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-058C
- NORAD catalog №
- 46234
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 16, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 16, 2025
- Time in service
- 4.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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