CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0156
CZ-6A DEB
CZ-6A DEB (NORAD 60978) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 January 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
60978
International designator
2024-140MD
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
6 Aug 2024Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months163 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.7°N to 89.7°SFinal inclination 89.7°
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 89.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.7°N and 89.7°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-6A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jan 2025
10 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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