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Entry no.
2023-1520

CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20847) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 August 2023 over the North Atlantic Ocean.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20847
International designator
1990-081K
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Aug 2023Recorded time 00:53 UTC
Time since launch
32 years, 11 months12,045 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 0.0°N, 16.0°W at 00:53 UTC. 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 26 Aug 2023

11 entries
2023-1529CAPELLA-7 (WHITNEY)2023-1521FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1522FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1523FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1524FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1525WORLDVIEW 2 DEB2023-1526RESURS O1 DEB2023-1527RESURS O1 DEB2023-1528MINOTAUR 4 DEB2023-1530MINOTAUR 4 DEB2023-1531CZ-2D DEB

From the same launch

1990-081
1991-0114QQW-11991-0296QQW-2
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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