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

CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26333) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 January 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26333
International designator
1999-057HS
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 2 months9,582 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 Jan 2026

5 entries
PendingAFRL-XVIPendingELECTRON KICK STAGE R/BPendingCOSMOS 2251 DEBPendingCOSMOS 2251 DEBPendingCZ-6A DEB

Part of a fragment group

230 on record
230One of 230 fragments of CZ-4 on record →
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