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Entry no.
1989-0130

DMSP 5D-2 F9 DEB

DMSP 5D-2 F9 DEB (NORAD 18956) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18956
International designator
1988-006E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
3 Feb 1988Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 months365 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 2 Feb 1989

9 entries
1989-0123PAGEOS 1 DEB1989-0124SL-14 DEB1989-0125SOLWIND DEB1989-0126ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0127ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0128PAGEOS 1 DEB1989-0129COSMOS 1691 DEB1989-0131COSMOS 397 DEB1989-0132COSMOS 970 DEB
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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