CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0031
IRIDIUM 47 DEB
IRIDIUM 47 DEB (NORAD 25141) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 February 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25141
International designator
1997-082G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 Dec 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month59 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.5°N to 86.5°SFinal inclination 86.5°
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 86.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.5°N and 86.5°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 47 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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