CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0129
NOAA 10 DEB
NOAA 10 DEB (NORAD 16982) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 October 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16982
International designator
1986-073B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
17 Sep 1986Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Oct 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years3,669 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°
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 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 10 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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