CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0077
COBE DEB
COBE DEB (NORAD 22857) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 April 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22857
International designator
1989-089AU
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Nov 1989Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Apr 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 4 months3,058 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
COBE DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Apr 1998
1 entryEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0077
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0077
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.