CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0001
CZ-4B R/B
CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 28471) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 2013, after 8 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28471
International designator
2004-044B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
6 Nov 2004Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 1 month2,979 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 1 monthCZ-4B R/B’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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