CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0001
CZ-3A R/B
CZ-3A R/B (NORAD 22997) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 January 2007, after 12 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22997
International designator
1994-010C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
8 Feb 1994Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jan 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 10 months4,710 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
27.5°N to 27.5°SFinal inclination 27.5°
Mass
7,000 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 27.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 27.5°N and 27.5°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 10 monthsCZ-3A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1994-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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