CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0197
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 23262) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 July 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23262
International designator
1990-081CT
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jul 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 10 months2,865 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jul 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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