CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0487
CZ-4B R/B
CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 37876) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 2011, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37876
International designator
2011-066C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
9 Nov 2011Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month39 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1,000 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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCZ-4B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2011-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2011-0487
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2011-0487
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.