CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0176
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20970) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 October 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20970
International designator
1990-081CC
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Oct 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 1 month4,799 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Oct 2003
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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