CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0337
NOAA B DEB
NOAA B DEB (NORAD 11874) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 August 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11874
International designator
1980-043C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 May 1980Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Aug 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months90 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
87.8°N to 87.8°SFinal inclination 92.2°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 92.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 87.8°N and 87.8°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Aug 1980
6 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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