CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0459
CZ-2E R/B
CZ-2E R/B (NORAD 20686) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 October 1990, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20686
International designator
1990-059B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
16 Jul 1990Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Oct 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months85 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.5°N to 28.5°SFinal inclination 28.5°
Mass
5,500 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 28.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.5°N and 28.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCZ-2E R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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