CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0312
HST DEB (SOLAR PANEL)
HST DEB (SOLAR PANEL) (NORAD 22920) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 28 October 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22920
International designator
1990-037C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Apr 1990Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 6 months3,109 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
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
HST DEB (SOLAR PANEL)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Oct 1998
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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