CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0019
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 41912) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2020 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41912
International designator
2017-001B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
5 Jan 2017Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2020Recorded time 10:29 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years1,111 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
27.0°N to 27.0°SFinal inclination 27.0°
Mass
8,400 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 18.0°N, 72.0°W at 10:29 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 27.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 27.0°N and 27.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsCZ-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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