CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0717
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 33343) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33343
International designator
2008-041V
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
6 Sep 2008Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months89 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Dec 2008
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2008-041Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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