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Entry no.
2025-1040

CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26218) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 May 2025.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26218
International designator
1999-057DG
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
17 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 7 months9,347 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.

Life in orbit

CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 17 May 2025

12 entries
2025-1044STARLINK-18332025-1046STARLINK-38402025-1047STARLINK-42732025-1049SITRO-AIS-302025-1050SITRO-AIS-322025-1051SITRO-AIS-492025-1039COSMOS 1174 DEB2025-1041FENGYUN 1C DEB2025-1042COSMOS 2251 DEB2025-1043CZ-4 DEB2025-1045COSMOS 1408 DEB2025-1048OBJECT C

Part of a fragment group

230 on record
230One of 230 fragments of CZ-4 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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