CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0202
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20905) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 September 2016.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20905
International designator
1990-081BR
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Sep 2016UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years9,518 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Sep 2016
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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