CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0589
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB (NORAD 13998) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 June 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13998
International designator
1978-016D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 Feb 1978Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jun 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 4 months4,150 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.3°N to 26.3°SFinal inclination 26.3°
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 26.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.3°N and 26.3°S.
Life in orbit
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Jun 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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