CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0299
CZ-3B DEB
CZ-3B DEB (NORAD 38252) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 November 2019.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38252
International designator
2012-018C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
29 Apr 2012Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Nov 2019UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 6 months2,758 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
54.6°N to 54.6°SFinal inclination 54.6°
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 54.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 54.6°N and 54.6°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-3B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Nov 2019
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-018
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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