TIANWANG

NORAD 40928 · COSPAR 2015-051D · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #40896 @ 167 x 171 km x 96.9993 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2022-12-29 19:11 UTC Â· 33519.9 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Current TLE

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TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A)
1 40928U 15051D 22363.79982108 .09201092 21690-5 85924-3 0 9992
2 40928 96.9993 28.5009 0003467 313.2323 142.4476 16.38834510408965

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

September 24th 2015

Spacecraft age

11 years, 1 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Launch vehicle

Long March 11

Contractor

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites

Launch mass

3 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

96.9993Â°

Period

87.87 min

Perigee

167 km

Apogee

171 km

Eccentricity

0.0003467

RAAN

28.5009Â°

Arg of Perigee

313.2323Â°

Mean Motion

16.3883451 rev/d