CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0104
CZ-4B R/B
CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 53349) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 2023 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53349
International designator
2022-090D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
4 Aug 2022Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 2023Recorded time 15:15 UTC
Time in orbit
5 months166 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
1,000 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.0°N, 51.0°W at 15:15 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsCZ-4B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jan 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2022-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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