CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0369
M-3S DEB
M-3S DEB (NORAD 17162) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17162
International designator
1984-015E
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
14 Feb 1984Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 6 months1,302 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
75.1°N to 75.1°SFinal inclination 75.1°
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 75.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 75.1°N and 75.1°S.
Life in orbit
M-3S DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1984-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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