TIANQI-8

NORAD 47299 · COSPAR 2020-102D · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

TIANQI-8 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).

Orbit: #19437 @ 177 x 194 km x 97.4206 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-06-14 00:23 UTC Â· 20338.5 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

TIANQI-8
1 47299U 20102D 24166.01652082 .05405810 25184-5 95297-3 0 9992
2 47299 97.4206 285.5554 0012516 268.8337 91.1525 16.32553343194379

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 22nd 2020

Spacecraft age

5 years, 9 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Hubei University of Technology (HUT)

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Wenchang Space Center

Launch vehicle

Long March 8

Contractor

Hubei University of Technology (HUT)/Spacety

Launch mass

20 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.4206Â°

Period

88.21 min

Perigee

177 km

Apogee

194 km

Eccentricity

0.0012516

RAAN

285.5554Â°

Arg of Perigee

268.8337Â°

Mean Motion

16.32553343 rev/d