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Entry no.
2009-0240
CZ-3B DEB
CZ-3B DEB (NORAD 35864) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35864
International designator
2009-046C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
31 Aug 2009Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month32 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
22.2°N to 22.2°SFinal inclination 22.2°
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 22.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 22.2°N and 22.2°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-3B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2009-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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