CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0246
CZ-4B DEB
CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 38306) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 July 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38306
International designator
2011-066D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
9 Nov 2011Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 months245 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jul 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
2011-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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