CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0113
CZ-4B DEB
CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 43659) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43659
International designator
2018-081C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
24 Oct 2018Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 5 months888 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.5°N to 80.5°SFinal inclination 99.5°
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 99.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.5°N and 80.5°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 2021
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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