CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0720
CZ-2D DEB
CZ-2D DEB (NORAD 45020) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
45020
International designator
2020-003E
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
15 Jan 2020Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 2 months1,175 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Apr 2023
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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