Payload
TIANZHI 1
DecayedPayloadLEO
TIANZHI 1 is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on November 19, 2018 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 19, 2018 at 11:40 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shiyan 6, Jiading-1 (OKW-1) & others
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 152 km
- Periapsis
- 138 km
- Inclination
- 97.31°
- Orbital period
- 87.39 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 27 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-094A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43710
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 5, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 5, 2025
- Time in service
- 6.9 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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