CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1118
CZ-2D DEB
CZ-2D DEB (NORAD 43406) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 August 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43406
International designator
2012-073D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
18 Dec 2012Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 7 months4,247 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-2D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Aug 2024
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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