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

CZ-4 DEB

CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26661) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 April 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26661
International designator
1999-057LT
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Apr 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 6 months9,690 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 allowed
Exact 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 25 Apr 2026

6 entries
PendingSTARLINK-1934PendingSTARLINK-1669PendingTianfu Dongpo 06PendingBRO-10PendingFLOCK 4BE 16PendingDMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB

Part of a fragment group

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