CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1716
CZ-2D DEB
CZ-2D DEB (NORAD 54749) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 October 2023 over the South Atlantic Ocean.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
54749
International designator
2022-171D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Dec 2022Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Oct 2023Recorded time 03:29 UTC
Time since launch
9 months302 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.0°N to 35.0°SFinal inclination 35.0°
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 35.0°S, 20.0°E at 03:29 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 35.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.0°N and 35.0°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Oct 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
2022-171
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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