CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0126
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 28223) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 August 2004.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28223
International designator
2004-012D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
18 Apr 2004Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Aug 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months125 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2004-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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