RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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Entry number
Certificate pending

CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20861) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20861
International designator
1990-081Z
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
36 years13,175 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 allowed
Exact 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-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 29 Sep 2026

2 entries
PendingISATPendingARIANE 2 DEB

From the same launch

1990-081
1991-0114QQW-11991-0296QQW-2
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