CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0008
CZ-3B R/B
CZ-3B R/B (NORAD 42764) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 2022, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42764
International designator
2017-035B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
18 Jun 2017Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,659 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.5°N to 25.5°SFinal inclination 25.5°
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 25.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.5°N and 25.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsCZ-3B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jan 2022
6 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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