CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0182
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 43921) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 July 2019 over North America, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43921
International designator
2019-001B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
10 Jan 2019Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jul 2019Recorded time 06:16 UTC
Time in orbit
5 months174 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.8°N to 26.8°SFinal inclination 26.8°
Mass
8,400 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 27.0°N, 82.0°W at 06:16 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 26.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.8°N and 26.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jul 2019
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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