CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0653
CZ-2C R/B
CZ-2C R/B (NORAD 34840) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 2014, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
34840
International designator
2009-021B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
22 Apr 2009Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 2014Recorded time 11:20 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,062 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
4,006 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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 7 monthsCZ-2C R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Dec 2014
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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