Re-entered 2014-10-27Debris

CZ-4B DEB

NORAD: 38321
COSPAR: 2008-064G

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2014-10-27
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2014-10-27

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Spacecraft

Built by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Owner: China National Space Administration

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S38321, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2008-12-15
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B
Flight: Yaogan 5
Mission name: yaogan weixing wuhao
Launch site: TYSC, LC9
Launched by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2008-064

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2008-064, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 2008-12-15
Re-entered: 2014-10-27
Period: 90.6 min
Inclination: 97.41°
Apogee: 322 km
Perigee: 286 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0012 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: CZ-4B R/B (NORAD 33457)

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