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Entry no.
1997-0272
COBE DEB
COBE DEB (NORAD 22776) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22776
International designator
1989-089AM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Nov 1989Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 10 months2,870 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
COBE DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Sep 1997
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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