CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0244
MIR DEB
MIR DEB (NORAD 25302) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25302
International designator
1986-017MS
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Feb 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 6 months4,573 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
MIR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Aug 1998
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-017Part of a fragment group
319 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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