CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0018
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 28639) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 February 2006, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28639
International designator
2005-012B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
12 Apr 2005Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Feb 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months320 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.4°N to 25.4°SFinal inclination 25.4°
Mass
8,400 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 25.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.4°N and 25.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Feb 2006
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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