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Entry no.
1998-0026
M-3S2 DEB
M-3S2 DEB (NORAD 22628) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22628
International designator
1993-011F
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
20 Feb 1993Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 11 months1,816 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.1°N to 31.1°SFinal inclination 31.1°
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 31.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.1°N and 31.1°S.
Life in orbit
M-3S2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Feb 1998
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1993-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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