CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0005
CZ-4B R/B
CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 41559) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 2017 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41559
International designator
2016-033D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
30 May 2016Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 2017Recorded time 04:15 UTC
Time in orbit
7 months223 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1,000 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 58.0°N, 77.0°W at 04:15 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsCZ-4B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2016-033
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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