CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0040
SJ-7 DEB
SJ-7 DEB (NORAD 44901) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44901
International designator
2005-024N
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
5 Jul 2005Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 7 months5,698 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
SJ-7 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 2021
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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