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Entry no.
2022-1156

CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26188) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26188
International designator
1999-057CA
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 7 months8,249 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°

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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 15 May 2022

6 entries
2022-1157COSMOS 2251 DEB2022-1158SL-12 DEB2022-1159COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1160COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1161COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1162COSMOS 1408 DEB

Part of a fragment group

230 on record
230One of 230 fragments of CZ-4 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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