CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0179
CZ-3 R/B
CZ-3 R/B (NORAD 23186) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 June 1999, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23186
International designator
1994-043B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
21 Jul 1994Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jun 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,783 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.6°N to 26.6°SFinal inclination 26.6°
Mass
5,000 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 26.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.6°N and 26.6°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 10 monthsCZ-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jun 1999
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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