CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0225
TIROS N DEB
TIROS N DEB (NORAD 24639) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24639
International designator
1978-096G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
13 Oct 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 9 months7,242 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.5°N to 80.5°SFinal inclination 99.5°
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 99.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.5°N and 80.5°S.
Life in orbit
TIROS N DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0225
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.