CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0395
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 24902) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 1997, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24902
International designator
1997-042B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
19 Aug 1997Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months120 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.1°N to 23.1°SFinal inclination 23.1°
Mass
8,600 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 23.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.1°N and 23.1°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Dec 1997
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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