CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0087
CZ-7 R/B
CZ-7 R/B (NORAD 42685) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 May 2017, after 28 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42685
International designator
2017-021B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
20 Apr 2017Wenchang
Re-entered (UTC)
18 May 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 days28 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
6,000 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
28 daysCZ-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2017-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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