CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0207
TIROS N DEB
TIROS N DEB (NORAD 18786) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18786
International designator
1978-096E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
13 Oct 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 4 months3,788 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.7°N to 80.7°SFinal inclination 99.3°
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 99.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.7°N and 80.7°S.
Life in orbit
TIROS N DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Feb 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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