CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0230
SEASAT 1 DEB
SEASAT 1 DEB (NORAD 23905) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23905
International designator
1978-064G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
27 Jun 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 1 month7,359 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.0°N to 72.0°SFinal inclination 108.0°
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 108.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.0°N and 72.0°S.
Life in orbit
SEASAT 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Aug 1998
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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