CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0274
CZ-2C DEB (DISPENSER)
CZ-2C DEB (DISPENSER) (NORAD 25434) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25434
International designator
1998-048D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
19 Aug 1998Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 1998UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 24 Aug 1998
Time since launch
1 month35 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°
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 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°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 23 Sep 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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