CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0094
STS 88 DEB (SOCKET)
STS 88 DEB (SOCKET) (NORAD 25565) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 March 1999.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25565
International designator
1998-069E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Dec 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Mar 1999UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months110 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
STS 88 DEB (SOCKET)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Mar 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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