CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0077
CZ-3 R/B
CZ-3 R/B (NORAD 21834) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 1993, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21834
International designator
1991-088B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
28 Dec 1991Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months471 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.0°N to 31.0°SFinal inclination 31.0°
Mass
5,000 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 31.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.0°N and 31.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsCZ-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 1993
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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