CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0103
COBE DEB
COBE DEB (NORAD 22856) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22856
International designator
1989-089AT
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Nov 1989Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 9 months2,483 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
COBE 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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