CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Orbital Register seal
Entry no.
2020-0414

CZ-6 R/B

CZ-6 R/B (NORAD 46841) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 December 2020 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46841
International designator
2020-079Q
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
6 Nov 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Dec 2020Recorded time 07:22 UTC
Time in orbit
1 month45 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
1,000 kg

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 49.0°S, 120.0°W at 07:22 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.

Life in orbit

1 month

CZ-6 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Dec 2020

2 entries
2020-0412SL-24 DEB2020-0413ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB

From the same launch

2020-079
2023-0711OBJECT H2023-0769Taiyuan2023-1460Dianzi keji daxue2023-1561NUSAT-14 HEDY2023-1610NUSAT-15 KATHERINE2023-1625NUSAT-16 LISE2023-1648NUSAT-12 DOROTHY2023-1678NUSAT-9 ALICE2023-1705NUSAT-11 CORA2023-1726NUSAT-17 MARY2023-1760NUSAT-13 EMMY2023-1761NUSAT-18 VERA
Orbital Register seal
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2020-0414
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.