CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0045
CZ-2C DEB
CZ-2C DEB (NORAD 28226) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 2016.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28226
International designator
2004-012G
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
18 Apr 2004Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 2016UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 10 months4,332 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2004-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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