Re-Entry: Long March 3B Upper Stage from AlcomSat-1 Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on March 10, 2018 after exactly three months in orbit, decaying from a Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Upper Stage from Beidou M3/M4 Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on August 17, 2017 after over five years in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Medium Earth Transfer Orbit.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body from Tiantong-1 Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on July 21, 2017 after close to a year in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit. The Long March 3B rocket launched the Tiantong 1-1 mobile communications satellite operating in the S- and UHF communications bands, likely with military use.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body from Belintersat-1 Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on July 3, 2016 after a seven and a half months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body from LaoSat-1 Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on July 3, 2016 after a seven and a half months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Re-Entry of Chinese Rocket Stage seen over Hawaii
Truly spectacular photos of a re-entering rocket stage were captured on Saturday by astrophotographer Steve Cullen who happened to stop at just the right time to capture nightscape panoramas at Mauna Kea, Hawaii showing the blazing demise of a Long March 3B upper stage.
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Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank
A Briz-M propellant tank re-entered the atmosphere on January 15, 2016 after seven years in orbit
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on January 15, 2016 after three months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on December 4, 2015 after five years in orbit, making a
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