CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0022
YAOGAN 6 DEB
YAOGAN 6 DEB (NORAD 40068) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 2015.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40068
International designator
2009-021K
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
22 Apr 2009Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 2015UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 8 months2,092 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
YAOGAN 6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jan 2015
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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