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Entry no.
1997-0035

MIR DEB

MIR DEB (NORAD 24673) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 January 1997.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24673
International designator
1986-017MA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Feb 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jan 1997UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Feb 1997
Time since launch
10 years, 11 months3,998 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

MIR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 30 Jan 1997

2 entries
1997-0033PEGASUS DEB1997-0034PEGASUS DEB

From the same launch

1986-017
1986-0098SL-13 R/B2001-0089Mir

Part of a fragment group

319 on record
319One of 319 fragments of Mir on record →
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