CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0149
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26264) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26264
International designator
1999-057FA
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 7 months3,507 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a fragment group
230 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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