CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0236
CZ-3A R/B
CZ-3A R/B (NORAD 31578) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 May 2008, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
31578
International designator
2007-021B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
31 May 2007Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
1 May 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months336 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.6°N to 25.6°SFinal inclination 25.6°
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 25.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.6°N and 25.6°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsCZ-3A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 May 2008
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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