CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0119
SEASAT 1 DEB
SEASAT 1 DEB (NORAD 18649) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 March 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18649
International designator
1978-064D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
27 Jun 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Mar 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 8 months3,535 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.2°N to 72.2°SFinal inclination 107.8°
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 107.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.2°N and 72.2°S.
Life in orbit
SEASAT 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Mar 1988
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1988-0119
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