CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0115
CZ-3C DEB
CZ-3C DEB (NORAD 40172) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 June 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40172
International designator
2010-057AA
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
31 Oct 2010Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jun 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 7 months2,779 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
19.9°N to 19.9°SFinal inclination 19.9°
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 19.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 19.9°N and 19.9°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-3C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jun 2018
1 entryFrom the same launch
2010-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2018-0115
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2018-0115
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.