CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1458
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20865) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 September 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20865
International designator
1990-081AD
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Sep 2025UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 3 Sep 2025
Time since launch
35 years12,788 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Sep 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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