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Entry no.
2009-0288
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 34842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34842
International designator
2009-021D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
22 Apr 2009Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 months230 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2009-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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