CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0027
IRIDIUM 921 DEB
IRIDIUM 921 DEB (NORAD 24885) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24885
International designator
1997-034H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 Jul 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 months216 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°
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 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 921 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
1997-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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