CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0437
CZ-4B DEB
CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 28863) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 2013.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28863
International designator
2004-044D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
6 Nov 2004Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 2013UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 1 month3,327 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Dec 2013
1 entryFrom the same launch
2004-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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