CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0265
IRIDIUM 23 DEB
IRIDIUM 23 DEB (NORAD 24924) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24924
International designator
1997-043J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Aug 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 days30 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.7°N to 86.7°SFinal inclination 86.7°
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 86.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.7°N and 86.7°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 23 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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