CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0578
CZ-6A DEB
CZ-6A DEB (NORAD 54972) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 March 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
54972
International designator
2022-151TM
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
11 Nov 2022Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-6A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Mar 2023
10 entriesPart of a fragment group
182 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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