CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0039
CZ-1 R/B
CZ-1 R/B (NORAD 5041) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 1976, after 4 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5041
International designator
1971-018B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
3 Mar 1971Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 11 months1,811 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.8°N to 69.8°SFinal inclination 69.8°
Mass
250 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 69.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.8°N and 69.8°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 11 monthsCZ-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Feb 1976
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-018
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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