CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0083
CZ-4B R/B
CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 44707) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2020 over the Indian Ocean, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44707
International designator
2019-072E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
3 Nov 2019Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2020Recorded time 14:52 UTC
Time in orbit
5 months157 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1,000 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 43.7°S, 141.9°E at 14:52 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsCZ-4B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2019-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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