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Entry no.
1993-0148
M-3S2 DEB
M-3S2 DEB (NORAD 21697) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 August 1993.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21697
International designator
1991-062D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
30 Aug 1991Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 1993UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 11 months705 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.3°N to 31.3°SFinal inclination 31.3°
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 31.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.3°N and 31.3°S.
Life in orbit
M-3S2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1991-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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