CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1426
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26225) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 August 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26225
International designator
1999-057DP
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 9 months8,692 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Aug 2023
8 entriesPart of a fragment group
230 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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