CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0053
CZ-2D DEB
CZ-2D DEB (NORAD 28740) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28740
International designator
2005-024D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
5 Jul 2005Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 6 months6,765 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.0°N to 82.0°SFinal inclination 98.0°
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 98.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.0°N and 82.0°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 Jan 2024
10 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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