CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0232
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 25438) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25438
International designator
1998-048H
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
19 Aug 1998Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 days4 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.7°N to 86.7°SFinal inclination 86.7°
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 86.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.7°N and 86.7°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1998-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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