CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0283
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 43709) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 2019 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43709
International designator
2018-093D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
18 Nov 2018Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 2019Recorded time 00:08 UTC
Time in orbit
11 months344 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
54.7°N to 54.7°SFinal inclination 54.7°
Mass
8,400 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 39.0°S, 56.0°W at 00:08 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 54.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 54.7°N and 54.7°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Oct 2019
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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