CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0215
M-3S2 DEB
M-3S2 DEB (NORAD 16388) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 1986.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16388
International designator
1985-073D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
18 Aug 1985Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 1986UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 months277 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.2°N to 31.2°SFinal inclination 31.2°
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 31.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.2°N and 31.2°S.
Life in orbit
M-3S2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 May 1986
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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