CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0058
CZ-3C R/B
CZ-3C R/B (NORAD 32780) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 March 2011, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
32780
International designator
2008-019B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
25 Apr 2008Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,044 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
17.9°N to 17.9°SFinal inclination 17.9°
Mass
8,400 kg
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 17.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 17.9°N and 17.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsCZ-3C R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Mar 2011
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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