CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0009
CZ-2B R/B
CZ-2B R/B (NORAD 8491) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 1976, after 25 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8491
International designator
1975-119B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
16 Dec 1975Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 days25 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.0°N to 69.0°SFinal inclination 69.0°
Mass
3,535 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 69.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.0°N and 69.0°S.
Life in orbit
25 daysCZ-2B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-119
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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