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Entry no.
1998-0020
COBE DEB
COBE DEB (NORAD 22773) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22773
International designator
1989-089AJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Nov 1989Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 2 months2,996 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.6°N to 80.6°SFinal inclination 99.4°
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 99.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.6°N and 80.6°S.
Life in orbit
COBE DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jan 1998
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0020
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