CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0401
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 38015) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 December 2020, after 8 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38015
International designator
2011-077B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
19 Dec 2011Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Dec 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 11 months3,281 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.5°N to 23.5°SFinal inclination 23.5°
Mass
8,400 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 23.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.5°N and 23.5°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 11 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Dec 2020
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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