CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0118
CZ-2C R/B
CZ-2C R/B (NORAD 37942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 March 2014 over the Southern Ocean, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37942
International designator
2011-072B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
29 Nov 2011Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Mar 2014Recorded time 11:33 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months841 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
4,006 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 69.0°S, 176.0°W at 11:33 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsCZ-2C R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Mar 2014
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2011-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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