CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0290
CZ-4B DEB
CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 49250) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 February 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49250
International designator
1999-057TD
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 3 months8,521 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°
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 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Feb 2023
8 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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