In orbitDebris

CZ-4 DEB

NORAD: 32473
COSPAR: 2007-042C

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Spacecraft

Owner: China National Space Administration

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S32473, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2007-09-19
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B
Flight: CBERS-2B
Mission name: ziyuan yihao 02B weixing
Launch site: TYSC, LC7
Launched by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2007-042

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2007-042, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 2007-09-19
Period: 98.4 min
Inclination: 97.96°
Apogee: 743 km
Perigee: 620 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0177 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 32063)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris5 in total, 3 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit