CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0005
CZ-2C DEB (DISPENSER)
CZ-2C DEB (DISPENSER) (NORAD 24927) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24927
International designator
1997-048C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
1 Sep 1997Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.2°N to 86.2°SFinal inclination 86.2°
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 86.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.2°N and 86.2°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB (DISPENSER)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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