CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0078
ASTRO C DEB
ASTRO C DEB (NORAD 18927) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 1993.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18927
International designator
1987-012K
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
5 Feb 1987Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 1993UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 2 months2,259 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.8°N to 30.8°SFinal inclination 30.8°
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 30.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.8°N and 30.8°S.
Life in orbit
ASTRO C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Apr 1993
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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