CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0011
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26231) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26231
International designator
1999-057DV
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 2 months9,213 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jan 2025
35 entriesPart of a fragment group
230 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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