CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0112
CZ-3 R/B
CZ-3 R/B (NORAD 24283) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 July 2003, after 6 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24283
International designator
1996-048B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
18 Aug 1996Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jul 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 10 months2,510 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
27.2°N to 27.2°SFinal inclination 27.2°
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 27.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 27.2°N and 27.2°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 10 monthsCZ-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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