CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0056
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 28227) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 February 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28227
International designator
2004-012H
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
18 Apr 2004Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Feb 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 10 months1,775 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Feb 2009
1 entryFrom the same launch
2004-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2009-0056
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2009-0056
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.