CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0205
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20869) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 August 2000.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20869
International designator
1990-081AH
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 2000UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 31 Jul 2000
Time since launch
9 years, 10 months3,620 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Aug 2000
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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