CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0762
CZ-2D DEB
CZ-2D DEB (NORAD 28785) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28785
International designator
2005-024G
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
5 Jul 2005Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 9 months6,486 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-2D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2023
21 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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