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Entry no.
1998-0220
M-5 DEB
M-5 DEB (NORAD 25386) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 July 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25386
International designator
1998-041E
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
3 Jul 1998Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jul 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 days28 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.4°N to 31.4°SFinal inclination 31.4°
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 31.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.4°N and 31.4°S.
Life in orbit
M-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jul 1998
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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