CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0008
CZ-4B R/B
CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 27551) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 2007, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27551
International designator
2002-049B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
27 Oct 2002Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,532 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
1,000 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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsCZ-4B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 2007
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2002-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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