CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0874
ASTRO C DEB
ASTRO C DEB (NORAD 18238) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18238
International designator
1987-012D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
5 Feb 1987Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 8 months976 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.1°N to 31.1°SFinal inclination 31.1°
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 31.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.1°N and 31.1°S.
Life in orbit
ASTRO C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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