CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1915
GAOFEN 8 DEB
GAOFEN 8 DEB (NORAD 43423) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 November 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43423
International designator
2015-030D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
26 Jun 2015Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 4 months3,074 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
GAOFEN 8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Nov 2023
22 entriesFrom the same launch
2015-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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