CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0484
ERS 28 DEB
ERS 28 DEB (NORAD 5999) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5999
International designator
1968-081F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
26 Sep 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 10 months2,888 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
ERS 28 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Aug 1976
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-081Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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