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Tiandu-1
Tiandu-1 was launched on March 20, 2024 aboard a Chang Zheng 8 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Mar 20, 2024).
COSPAR 2024-051CNORAD 59278China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiandu-1
- International designator
- 2024-051C
- NORAD catalog number
- 59278
- GCAT identifier
- S59278
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tiandu
- Owner
- Shenkong Tance
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Anhui Province
- Platform (bus)
- Tiandu-1
Launch
- Date
- March 20, 2024 · 00:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-051Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 8
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC201
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 358 km
- Apogee
- 402,360 km
- Inclination
- 21.01°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- March 20, 2024
- Last known active
- February 2025
- End of operations
- February 2025
Size
- Mass
- 61 kg
- Dry mass
- 61 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01154
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- March 24, 2024
- Phase outcome
- Entered orbit around the target · March 24, 2024
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2024 | Earth | Mar 24, 2024 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| Mar 24, 2024 | Luna | March 2025 | Left orbit around the target | — |
| March 2025 | Luna | March 2025 | Escaped to another body | Earth |
| March 2025 | Earth | — | In orbit | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).