CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0167
CZ-2B DEB
CZ-2B DEB (NORAD 12885) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 1982.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12885
International designator
1981-093H
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
19 Sep 1981Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 months243 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.5°N to 59.5°SFinal inclination 59.5°
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 59.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.5°N and 59.5°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1981-093
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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