CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0081
CZ-4B DEB
CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 38260) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2014.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38260
International designator
2012-021D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 2012Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2014UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 9 months659 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2014
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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