CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0012
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 37946) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37946
International designator
2011-072F
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
29 Nov 2011Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month38 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
2011-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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