CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0079
CZ-2D DEB
CZ-2D DEB (NORAD 28739) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28739
International designator
2005-024C
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
5 Jul 2005Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 6 months6,402 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
CZ-2D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jan 2023
11 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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