RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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Entry number
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CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20898) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 March 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20898
International designator
1990-081BJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
3 Sep 1990Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
35 years, 6 months12,969 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°

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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°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 Mar 2026

3 entries

From the same launch

1990-081
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