CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0301
SFU DEB
SFU DEB (NORAD 23771) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 October 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23771
International designator
1995-011J
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
18 Mar 1995Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Oct 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 7 months1,310 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.4°N to 28.4°SFinal inclination 28.4°
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 28.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.4°N and 28.4°S.
Life in orbit
SFU DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Oct 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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