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Entry no.
1998-0311
DMSP 5D-2 F10 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F10 DEB (NORAD 20979) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20979
International designator
1990-105B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
1 Dec 1990Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 10 months2,888 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F10 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Oct 1998
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0311
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