CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0066
CZ-2D R/B
CZ-2D R/B (NORAD 41902) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 2020, after 3 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41902
International designator
2016-081E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
21 Dec 2016Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 3 months1,186 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
Mass
4,006 kg
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 3 monthsCZ-2D R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Mar 2020
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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