CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0500
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26656) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26656
International designator
1999-057LN
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 2 months1,160 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Dec 2002
1 entryPart of a fragment group
230 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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