CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0072
CZ-3C R/B
CZ-3C R/B (NORAD 40550) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 March 2016 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40550
International designator
2015-019B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
30 Mar 2015Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 2016Recorded time 13:13 UTC
Time in orbit
11 months359 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
54.5°N to 54.5°SFinal inclination 54.5°
Mass
7,050 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 47.0°N, 144.0°W at 13:13 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 54.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 54.5°N and 54.5°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsCZ-3C R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Mar 2016
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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