CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0073
CZ-7 DEB
CZ-7 DEB (NORAD 42688) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 April 2017.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42688
International designator
2017-021E
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
20 Apr 2017Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Apr 2017UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 days8 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 28 Apr 2017
1 entryFrom the same launch
2017-021Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2017-0073
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.