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Debris object · NORAD 28233 · COSPAR 2004-012K

CZ-2C DEB

DecayedDebrisLEODebris derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation —
  • Country China

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

97.61°

Period

88.8 min

88.8 min

Perigee

203km

Apogee

228km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 17 Jun 2014.· Metadata updated 14 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 17 Jun 2014 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Debris
Object type
Debris
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
0.1 m²

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • CZ-2C DEBCelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
18 Apr 2004
COSPAR launch id
2004-012
Launch site
Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 10

Change log

History

No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.

Field provenance

No field-level provenance recorded.

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
28233
COSPAR / international designator
2004-012K
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JQRDNT1SKXHB1XGRVCH
Canonical slug
cz-2c-deb-28233

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Debris) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.