CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0232
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 27385) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27385
International designator
1999-057MK
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 3 months8,517 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 2023
27 entriesPart of a fragment group
230 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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