CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0004
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 46611) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 2021 over the Indian Ocean, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46611
International designator
2020-071B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
11 Oct 2020Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 2021Recorded time 22:57 UTC
Time in orbit
2 months83 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.2°N to 28.2°SFinal inclination 28.2°
Mass
8,400 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 20.0°S, 79.0°E at 22:57 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 28.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.2°N and 28.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jan 2021
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2021-0004
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