CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0057
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 28461) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 February 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28461
International designator
2004-035G
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
8 Sep 2004Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Feb 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 5 months2,712 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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