CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0120
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 41726) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 July 2017, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41726
International designator
2016-048B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
5 Aug 2016Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jul 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months350 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.2°N to 28.2°SFinal inclination 28.2°
Mass
8,400 kg
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 28.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.2°N and 28.2°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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