CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0077
DMSP 5D-2 F9 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F9 DEB (NORAD 18846) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 1992.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18846
International designator
1988-006C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
3 Feb 1988Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 1992UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 1 month1,499 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F9 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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