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Debris object · NORAD 41779 · COSPAR 2016-057E

CZ-2F DEB

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

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

42.63°

Period

89.7 min

89.7 min

Perigee

179km

Apogee

336km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 20 Sept 2016.· Metadata updated 22 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 20 Sept 2016 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-2F DEBCelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
15 Sept 2016
COSPAR launch id
2016-057
Launch site
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 7

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
41779
COSPAR / international designator
2016-057E
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JTSXD94KEX9QRKCNEKE
Canonical slug
cz-2f-deb-41779

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.