CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0001
M-3S DEB
M-3S DEB (NORAD 17092) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 January 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17092
International designator
1984-015D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
14 Feb 1984Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jan 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 10 months1,417 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.6°N to 74.6°SFinal inclination 74.6°
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 74.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.6°N and 74.6°S.
Life in orbit
M-3S DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jan 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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