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Entry no.
2022-0940

CZ-4B DEB

CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 38318) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38318
International designator
2012-001E
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
9 Jan 2012Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 3 months3,755 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.

Life in orbit

CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Apr 2022

7 entries
2022-0941CANX-72022-0942COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0943COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0944COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0945COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0946COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0947FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

2012-001
2012-0090CZ-4B R/B2016-0238VESSELSAT 2PendingZY 3
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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