CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0978
CZ-4B DEB
CZ-4B DEB (NORAD 56085) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
56085
International designator
2018-081F
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
24 Oct 2018Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 6 months1,651 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 99.1°
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 99.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.9°N and 80.9°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 May 2023
12 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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